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Rep. Harold Dutton cuts ribbon

Tamera Mowry gets real

Houston State Rep. Harold Dutton joined other community members at the grand opening and ribboncutting of a Wellness Center at Julia C. Hester House. Discover Dutton’s history with Hester House. See how the center will help improve lives in Fifth Ward.

Actress Tamera Mowry-Housley is a familiar face on TV along with her identical twin Tia. Tamera has a new gig as one of five co-hosts on “The Real.” Find out what the women have to talk about. Learn why Tamera isn’t the only star of the show with a famous sister.

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Hester House opens Wellness Center

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newly constructed Wellness Center at Julia C. Hester House, a 71-year-old nonprofit in Fifth Ward, has rekindled a focus on improving quality of life in the community.

Harris County Commissioner El Franco Lee and State Rep. Harold Dutton participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the 24,535-square-foot Wellness Center, which includes a gym, weight room and enclosed, five-lane, 25-meter pool.

The facility was constructed with a Texas Health and Human Services Commission $4 million grant secured by Dutton, who is a product of Hester House.

Lee, who participated in Hester House programs as well, also raised funds for construction of the Wellness Center.

“As kids, with our membership card in hand, we fully enjoyed the lifestyle at Hester House with the aid of strong and caring mentors,” Lee said. “Hester House taught us skills in the pool, on the field, on the court, in the classroom, as well as social skills for both mind and body.

The facilities were named after Dutton (Harold V. Dutton Jr. Recreation Center) and Robert Tapscott (Robert Tapscott Aquatic Center). Tapscott served as athletic director, swimming coach and music teacher at Hester House. Both Lee and Dutton spoke fondly of him.

Dutton has a rich history with Hester House, having grown up at the facility. He worked as a janitor there and later served as executive director.

Reflecting on the old Hester House

Participating in the Hester House ribbon-cutting are (l. to r.) Rev. Roy Jackson, board member Hannah Chow, Commissioner El Franco Lee, board member Patricia Knudson-Joiner, Robert Tapscott, board chair Charles E. McCloud, State Rep. Harold Dutton and executive director Daisy Stiner.

swimming pool, Dutton said, “We didn’t have a swimming pool, we had a mosquito pond. We used it three months and they had it the rest of the year.” Because of his concern, Dutton rallied the support of architect Willie Jordan and Lee to help change conditions at Hester House.

“We gave Hester House back to the Fifth Ward community. Hester House is not a place for landing, it is a place for launching – launching dreams,” he said.

Through a partnership with Hester House, Lee’s Precinct 1 will incorporate

some of its youth and seniors’ programs at the community center. Senior citizens can enjoy exercise classes, weight training, water aerobics and swimming sessions. Youth can participate in basketball, swimming and other programs.

Hester House – named after the late Julia C. Hester, a teacher who opened her home to neighborhood youth – opened in 1943 on Lyons Avenue and about six years later moved to 2020 Solo, where it continues to operate in a renovated main building.

TSU offers two new degrees In a move to solidify Texas Southern University as a leader and top producer of STEM graduates, the College of Science and Technology (COST) will begin offering bachelor’s degree programs in Civil Engineering in the spring of 2015 and in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the fall of 2015.

“This is a major addition to COST’s STEM degree programs and a great step forward in the advancement of education for minority students,” said Dr. Lei Yu, COST dean. “These programs will provide significantly to the workforce for civil, electrical and computer engineers.”

Students graduating from the new programs will be in great demand. Statistics show that the demand for engineering graduates in the next decade is expected to increase at more than double the rate for all other professionals.

Both programs will differ from similar programs in the area by including a formal co-op engineering track.

Working with corporations, industries and government agencies, the track will give students the opportunity to gain work experience before graduating.

Alternating work semesters with school semesters, the students can work toward career goals in a meaningful job while attending school and testing degree interests in real-world situations.

localbriefs DEMOLITION OF THE WHEATLEY/E.O. SMITH school building in Fifth Ward has been put on hold until another court hearing, which is scheduled for Dec.1. State District Judge Dan Hinde granted a temporary injunction preventing HISD from proceeding with tearing down the facility.

Supporters attempting to preserve the building filed a lawsuit citing health concerns over asbestos and claimed HISD did not give the public proper notice. HISD said it respects the most recent court ruling and will comply with the order. Because of the recent delays, HISD will be unable to meet the construction schedule that would have allowed the Mickey Leland College Preparatory Academy for

Young Men to be built on the Wheatley site……..

UNIDENTIFIED VICTIMS of registered sex offender David Richard Wilson are being urged to come forward with information that could lead to additional charges. Wilson, 33, is charged in connection with the sexual assault of a teenager. He is also accused of sexually assaulting his 23-month-old niece. Wilson allegedly infected both the teen and the toddler with several sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. Wilson reportedly told investigators he slept with numerous other women……..PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY will host a Veteran’s Conference on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Carden-Waller Cooperative Extension

Building. The conference is for veterans, current military personnel and their dependents. Topics will include the V.A. Medical Center and counseling, career and disability services. Contact 936-2615107 or crcotton@pvamu.edu........KIDS OF ALL AGES are invited to meet real-life superheroes such as firefighters, emergency medical personnel, police officers and military service members during Superhero Day. The event will be held Saturday, Nov. 8 at 11 a.m. at Pearland’s Memorial Hermann Convenient Care Center, 10905 Memorial Hermann Drive. Kids are also encouraged to come dressed as their favorite superheroes. Admission is free. For information call 713-413-6610.

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Black woman is emerging as a top candidate to replace outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

Loretta Lynch, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, is being mentioned after another leading contender withdrew her name from the running. Sources say Labor Secretary Thomas Perez and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli are also being considered for the post.

If selected and confirmed, Lynch, 55, would be the first Black woman to lead the U.S. Department of Justice.

The White House declined to comment on the search to replace Holder, who announced his plans to step down in September.

“We don’t have any personnel updates, and are certainly not going to speculate on any decisions before the president makes them,” said White House spokesman Eric Schultz. A spokesperson for Lynch also declined comment.

Holder, who became the first Black U.S. attorney general in 2009, said he will stay at the DOJ until the Senate confirms a successor.

Civil rights advocacy groups said they found a great ally in Holder, particularly in fighting for issues such as voting rights.

Holder has also been at the forefront in dealing with controversial investigations such as the killing of Trayvon Martin and more recently Michael Brown.

Holder said he plans to continue working on some of the issues he addressed during his tenure after he steps down.

“In the months ahead, I will leave the Department of Justice, but I will

never leave the work,” Holder said. “I will continue to serve and try to find ways to make our nation even more true to its founding ideals.”

Lynch, a native of North Carolina, received a bachelor’s degree and law degree from Harvard.

She began her career in the Eastern District prosecuting narcotics and violent crime cases.

She became a U.S. attorney in 2010, and is responsible for overseeing all federal and civil investigations and cases in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island.

Loretta Lynch is being mentioned as U.S. attorney general.

Civil rights groups rally voters for Nov. 4 NNPA News Service

As voters prepare to cast ballots in the first general election since the Supreme Court shredded a key provision of the Voting Rights Act with the Shelby County v. Holder decision, civil rights groups are gearing up to make sure those voters can still cast ballots.

Rev. William Barber, president of the NAACP’s North Carolina branch, said that when African-Americans started winning seats in the state legislature, conservative lawmakers created “new Apartheid-type voting patterns” that prevented Blacks and progressive whites from forming coalitions to elect the

candidates of their choice.

Even though Black voter turnout reached historic levels in North Carolina in 2012, Barber said that conservatives were still able to win a super-majority, partly due to how the voting map was drawn.

Johanna Berkson, executive director of OurTime. org, a nonprofit group that empowers and mobilizes young people to address voting reform and other issues, said that 45 percent of eligible voters18-29 years old, showed up at the polls in 2012, but only 22 percent voted in 2010.

The group will spend the last days before the midterm elections focusing on “pledge to vote” efforts and connecting with young registered voters.

AMBER VINSON, one of two nurses infected while treating Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas, left Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital cured of the disease.

“I’m so grateful to be well and, first and foremost, I want to thank God,” Vinson said. “While this is a day for celebration and gratitude, I ask that we not lose focus on the thousands of families who continue to labor under the burden of this disease in West Africa.” Vinson was diagnosed Oct. 15 and flown to Emory’s special biocontainment unit……...MISSOURI POLICE have been stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury’s decision about whether to charge white police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson.

Officials want to avoid a renewed outbreak of violence during potentially large demonstrations that could follow an announcement of the decision. The grand jury decision could be made public within the next month……..JURY SELECTION began in the trial of Dante Martin, a member of Florida A&M University’s marching band charged with felony hazing and manslaughter in the 2011 death of drum major Robert Champion. The trials of three other band members have been postponed until April.

All four have pleaded not guilty in the death of Champion. His death shed light on hazing at FAMU and caused the band to be suspended for a year. The university’s president also resigned……..THE WASHINGTON, D.C. CHAPTER of the NAACP and the D.C. Branch of the National Organization for Women came out in support of marijuana legalization and endorsed D.C.’s Initiative 71. The initiative, which is on the Nov. 4 ballot, would legalize the possession of up to two ounces marijuana for adults over the age of 21, and allows individuals to grow up to six plants in their home.

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ADL presents annual Concert Against Hate The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) hosts Houston in Concert Against Hate, an inspirational evening of theater honoring the progress of civil rights since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

It will be held Thursday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby St. Theatrical and musical vignettes will be intertwined with powerful stories of Houston civil rights heroes narrated by actor Louis Gossett Jr. Gossett is known for his Academy Awardwinning role as Sgt. Foley in “An Officer and Dr. Edith Irby Jones a Gentleman” and his Emmy Award-winning role as Fiddler in the miniseries “Roots.”

Performing together on one stage will be the Alley Theatre, the Asia Society, Celebration Theatre, Main Street Louis Gossett Jr. Theater, Stages Repertory Theatre, Talento Bilingüe de Houston, the Ensemble Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars and the University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance.

The evening will spotlight Houston’s rich diversity and celebrate individuals and organizations that have made a difference in promoting and protecting civil rights for all.

Honorees include attorney Benny Agosto Jr., ACE Theatrical Group chair Allen Becker, medical pioneer Dr. Edith Irby Jones, UH President Dr. Renu Khator, Legacy Community Health Services, and Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston and its founding president, Father T.J. Martinez.

Dr. Jones became the first AfricanAmerican student to enter the Medical School of the University of Arkansas in 1948. She began her medical practice in Houston’s Third Ward in 1962. She was elected the first female president of the National Medical Association in 1985.

For ticket information call 713-6273490 or visit www.adl.org/houstoninconcert.

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The St. Joseph Gospel Choir of Senegal creates harmony and hope through song.

Senegal gospel choir makes Houston debut

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irect from Dakar, Senegal, the St. Joseph Gospel Choir will make its Houston debut Friday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m. in Jones Hall. The choir is presented by the Society for the Performing Arts (SPA).

Founded in 1950, the choir has become a symbol of peace, hope, humanity and brotherhood in its homeland, creating harmony between the music of the Catholic and Islamic cultures in Senegal.

Each Sunday, the choir performs at a cathedral in the heart of Dakar’s workingclass neighborhood, singing unique interpretations of gospel spirituals, traditional African songs and masses composed by its founder, Julien Jouga.

The ensemble features the chorale and traditional Senegalese and represents the humanity and the fraternity that exists within the capital city and throughout the country.

Jouga (1931-2001) was a commandant

in the Senegalese Army and a coach of the National Basketball Team of Senegal. As a musician, he was considered a true visionary in the development and preservation of the Senegalese culture.

The St. Joseph Gospel Choir is now led by music director Ambroise N’Diong and is comprised of chorale members of St. Joseph’s of Medina Cathedral. The music performed features the country’s four national languages: Ouolof, Diola, Sérère and Portuguese Creole.

Part of SPA’s International Series, the performance is sponsored by Reliant Energy, CAMAC, United Airlines, H-E-B and JW Marriott Houston Downtown Tickets range from $28-$68 and can be purchased online at www.spahouston. org, by phone at 713-227-4772 or at the courtyard level ticket office at Jones Hall located at 615 Louisiana St. The hours of operation are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday. For groups of 15 or more call 713-632-8113.

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“The Real” is a new one-hour, daily talk show hosted by the team of Tamar Braxton, Tamera MowryHousley, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon.

Their unique perspectives are brought to life through candid conversations about topics ranging from their own personal lives to the news of the day to beauty, fashion and relationships.

The show debuted in September on Fox and in national syndication, with a rebroadcast in primetime on BET. Locally, it airs weekdays at 11 a.m. on KRIV-Channel 26.

Two of the co-hosts, MowryHousley and Braxton, have found fame along with their sisters. MowryHousley and her identical twin Tia starred on the sitcom “Sister, Sister” and the reality show “Tia & Tamera.”

Braxton, a Grammy-nominated American singer and songwriter, is the youngest sister of R&B star Toni Braxton, and co-stars on the reality shows “Braxton Family Values” and “Tamar and Vince.”

Both women talked about their latest gig on “The Real.”

Q: Do you feel your transition from the reality shows to co-hosting “The Real” will show viewers a different side of you?

Braxton: In “Braxton Family Values” you see me being the sister and in “Tamar and Vince” you see me being Tamar, the wife. On “The Real” you see me as Tamar, the girlfriend. The girl you go out to have cocktails with, the girl’s girl you can tell your secrets to that’s not going to tell your business and who is going to keep it real with you. She is going to keep it real with you at the end of the day.

I definitely think “The Real’ allows me to show all facets of my life and personality because I have a couple.

Q. [Tamera] you’ve been working in the business since you were an infant. What does this new platform mean to you?

Mowry-Housley: What people didn’t know about me but what they now know is that I love to talk.

That’s how my sister and I got the part in “Sister, Sister.” We didn’t have to audition for it. We talked our way into the roles. I’m naturally an encourager – I love to help people.

When I heard about a talk show, I was like ‘Wow! This could be a great platform to just speak to my fans. To speak to things that means something. Whether they need help dating, marriage or whatever because it’s just in me to encourage and help.

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The mobile station will be at Holman Street Baptist Church on Friday, Oct. 31, and Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.

The church is located at 3501 Holman Street.

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Applicants for an EIC will need to present proof of citizenship and identity. For most applicants that means a birth certificate and two forms of supporting documentation.

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Bobby Seale reflects on the movement negative stereotypes that the counter-intelligence program was putting out about us. t has been 48 years since With the free breakfast Bobby Seale and Huey P. program people were able to Newton co-founded the see where we were coming Black Panther Party and from. It’s not just that they saw a need for economic, had guns to defend thempolitical and social selves; these guys were really empowerment. trying to do something out The BPP started with 400 here. members and according to Seale, We demonstrated the after the death of Dr. Martin issue with the free breakfast Luther King Jr. and the civil program and it spread across unrest that followed, his organithe country. Everyone liked zation grew to more than 5,000 it. People asked how we set members in 49 chapters across the program up. There were Bobby Seale America. The BPP reached its people who weren’t Black peak in 1970.

Panthers setting up programs.

Seale was born in Dallas and later moved with The [California Legislature] made a law to give his family to California. In 1962 he met Newton and free breakfast to children. They sent the bill to Ronthe pair quickly became friends, sharing an interest ald Reagan, a Republican, and he vetoed $4 million in activism. They organized the Black Panther Party of it. They took the bill back and took it the State four years later.

Senate and Assembly again and overrode his veto In 1970 Seale was arrested while protesting at and put $5 million into it. the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He In a year’s time, 28 state legislators implementand seven other defendants were tried for conspiracy ed something similar to the free breakfast and free to incite riots and Seale was sentenced to four years lunch program. in prison for contempt of court.

Defender: How do you think the Black PanAfter his release from prison, Seale attempted to thers’ mission, programs and actions impacted the reorganize the Panthers. In 1973 he ran for mayor of Civil Rights Movement?

Oakland and came in second out of nine candidates.

Seale: Young people were so angry after the Now 78, he continues to work with young death of Martin Luther King Jr. and they flooded into political activists to spark social change and is still our offices. I went to all those chapters and taught passionate about the African-American community. them the particulars and methodologies of an effecHe recently traveled to Houston for the BPP 48th tive grassroots community organization. I taught reunion, and sat down for an interview with the them that we are a political organization and that as Defender. we grow and develop, we want to try and man every Defender: political seat that What do you think we can get. If you were the major change the laws accomplishments and get some poof the Black Panlitical power, you ther Party? can control the Seale: One of police department, the major accomthe government, plishments was the etc.

Free Breakfast for Defender: Children Program.

What do you want It wasn’t just a today’s generaprogram; it was tion to remember the pivot point as about the Black to why the “power Panther Party? structure” moved Seale: We to attack us. It was were one of the a program that got most progressive, people to undergrassroots comstand who we munity organizing really were above organizations in and beyond the Seale and Huey P. Newton shared an interest in activism. the United States

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Impa BLACK PANT of America. We did not play the color line. We knew when to call a racist a racist. That’s not the point. The point is we said “All power to all the people.” My argument for my [civil rights] is yours too. I want to make a law that says I have a right and access to this.

Defender: Considering the number of shootings of Black males today, what do you think our community should do to address this major issue? What other actions should our community focus on today that will perpetuate self-determination?

Seale: You have to man the political power seats. You have to get control. For example, Ferguson is a place that has two or three Blacks on a 45-member police department. That happens all across the country. And AfricanAmericans are supposedly 60 to 80 percent of the population. They’re supposed to control every possible political seat.

Defender: What other thoughts would you like to share with our audience?

Seale: Unity must be understood in context of what it’s about. Some people told me I wasn’t unifying because I didn’t have natural hair or wear a dashiki. Well, that’s aesthetic. Dress styles change. What I was saying was I wanted decent clothing, whether it’s African-style or not.

I want some decent education, fair share access to get education for my kid. It’s the things and the necessities of

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Black Panthers changed Black history

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he Black Panther Party was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in 1966 in Oakland under the name the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The group was started as a response to the “rapid police brutality going on in the community.”

When Blacks were arrested in the Oakland area, Black Panthers would be present at the time of arrest and charging to ensure constitutional rights were not being violated.

In 1967 the Party established its first headquarters, a storefront in Oakland. That same year Eldridge Cleaver joined the Party, serving as minister of information.

Cleaver, an ex-convict, wrote the best-seller “Soul on Ice.” In 1969, the Party broadened its focus to include social programs like Free Breakfast for Children Programs, community health clinics and liberation schools to teach Black history.

In its heyday, the Party played a positive role in Black communities by providing medical testing, legal aid, transportation assistance and distribution of free shoes to poor people. The organization gained national and international prominence for actions that were considered radical by critics.

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover vowed to get rid of the Party and declared, “The Black Panther Party, without question, represents the greatest threat to internal security of the country.” He pledged that 1969 would be the last year of the Party’s existence.

Later that year in a highprofile case, Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, were killed in a Chicago police raid. Hampton, 21, was shot twice in the head at point blank range while unconscious. In a 1979 civil action, Hampton’s family won $1.85 million from the city of Chicago in a wrongful death settlement From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, the activities of the Black Panther Party all but ceased after a split in ideology – Huey Newton and David Hilliard favored community service accompanied by self-defense while Eldridge Cleaver embraced a more confrontational strategy.

Co-founder Newton had several run-ins with the law and was killed by a drug dealer in 1989.

Cleaver spent years abroad in exile and after returning to the U.S. became a born-again Christian and Republican. He died in 1998.

The Party broadened its focus to include social programs such as Free Breakfast for Children Programs, community health clinics and liberation schools.

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Sources: Defender Files, Encyclopedia Britannica, “Before the Mayflower” by Lerone Bennett Jr.

Ten-Point Program

Bobby Seale and Huey Newton created a Ten-Point Program as the foundation of ideology for the Black Panther Party.

1. We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black community.

2. We want full employment for our people.

3. We want an end to the robbery by the white man of our Black community.

4. We want decent housing, fit for the shelter of human beings.

5. We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.

6. We want all Black men to be exempt from military service.

7. We want an immediate end to police brutality and murder of Black people.

8. We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.

9. We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group, or people from the Black communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States.

10. We want bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.

he Houston area for over 80 years

The Black Panther Party had thousands of members across the country.

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Sunnyside gets neighborhood farm Wells Fargo recently presented a NeighborhoodLIFT grant of $200,000 to Recipe for Success Foundation in support of their Hope Farms urban agricultural project.

Hope Farms will be located on three acres in Houston’s Sunnyside, where the foundation will grow and distribute affordable fresh produce to

the neighborhood, train homeless U.S. veterans as new urban farmers, provide jobs for area youth and give cooking and gardening classes to children and families.

After the grant presentation and remarks, participants planted veggie seeds in the gardens at MacGregor Elementary School and shopped for

fresh produce at a stand operated by of healthy eating decisions.

MacGregor students.

The NeighborhoodLIFT program, Recipe for Success Foundation collaboration between Wells Fargo works to combat childhood obesity by and local nonprofit organizations, is changing the way children understand, designed to provide sustainable homeappreciate and eat their food, and by ownership initiatives. educating and mobilizing the comFood Day is a celebration and munity to provide healthier diets for movement for healthy, affordable and children. sustainable food. It was created by the Its programs have empowered Center for Science in the Public Interest more than 30,000 youth with the as an annual event to inspire Americans knowledge and skills to make a lifetimeT:4.79”to change their diets and food policies.

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credit history from five years to the last two years. A charge off is “debt that a creditor has written off as a loss, but that fter a debate that stretched is still subject to collection action,” acover three years, higher cording to DOE officials. education advocates The revised guidelines ease the overwhelmingly support burdensome credit requirements for the the updated guidelines for PLUS loan program that took effect in the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Program 2011, a move by the DOE that sidelined recently issued by the Department of thousands of Black college students and Education (DOE). cost HBCUs millions The changes will of dollars, forcing impact nearly 400,000 The revised cash-strapped schools students nationwide and guidelines ease the to slash budgets and provide much needed faculty and relief for Black students burdensome credit furlough staff. who disproportionately requirements for the Jim Shelton, the depend on the PLUS deputy secretary for loan program to make it PLUS loan program the DOE and executhrough college. that took effect in tive director of the My Secretary of Keeper Education Arne Duncan 2011, a move by the Brother’s Task Force, said that said that the updated DOE that sidelined a review of the credit borrowing standards for the PLUS for the loan program thousands of Black criteria loan program prompted demonstrated the departthe 2011 changes. ment’s “commitment to college students Not only were the ensuring families have and cost HBCUs credit requirements access to the financing different from almost they need to reach their millions of dollars. all the other loan goal, while being good programs, but “a weird stewards of taxpayer loophole” also made it money.” easier for applicants with bad credit to get The new standards update the definiapproved for loans while others with bettion of “adverse credit history” for PLUS ter credit histories were being denied. loan applicants, and implement a streamMichael L. Lomax, president and lined application process for borrowers to CEO of the United Negro College Fund, obtain a loan. said that HBCUs and the students they The DOE said it also is taking action to provide families with clear, customized serve have endured three years of hardinformation about their loan obligations to ships caused by denied access to PLUS Loans. support their college financing decisions “This has been a distraction from and ensure their loan debt stays managethe real work that needs to be done able.

– preparing students with the skills DOE officials said that the new needed in a competitive, global standards reduce the number of years that economy,” Lomax said. “charge offs” will affect a borrower’s NNPA News Service

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We need to keep pace with the area’s population growth.

Since 2010, our area has grown by 176,000 people with an additional 242,000 expected by 2019. The 2014 Lone Star College Bond Referendum will fund the construction of new Advanced Technology Centers — where the next generation of professionals will be trained. Lone Star College is working hard to keep up with area growth and continue to meet community needs.

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rambling State University is a name that has been synonymous with success in college football for over 50 years.

Led by legendary head coach Eddie Robinson, Grambling won 14 Black college football national championships (the most in HBCU history) and 24 SWAC championships, while sending more than 100 alums to the NFL. With the backdrop of all that history, there was concern that the program was on the verge of collapse last year.

The 2013 season featured drama at every turn – a full blown player revolt, forfeiting a conference game, firing a head coach who was a school legend and compiling a dismal 1-11 record.

That was then and this is now. The bad news for the rest of SWAC is that Grambling football is back in 2014 and they’re better than ever.

Under the direction of new head coach Broderick Fobbs, the Tigers have resumed their winning ways.

Fobbs was hired to put Grambling back on the winning track and he has wasted little time.

After a slow start to the season, the Tigers have come alive in SWAC play. They are a perfect 5-0 in conferQuarterback Johnathan Williams has rallied the Tigers to victory. ence play (5-3 overall), good enough for first place in the West division. brand, it means greatness,” he said.

In addition, the G-Men defeated previously After a season of turmoil the G-Men have unbeaten Alcorn State, the current East division benefited from the quiet yet focused approach leader. That rematch could be set in the conferof Fobbs. ence championship game Dec. 6 at Houston’s “I try not to get too high and try not to NRG Stadium. get too low,” he said. “I try to stay even-keel Fobbs, a former McNeese State University because cooler heads always prevail.” assistant coach, has a pedigree that is all GramWhatever the reason, the Tigers are the bling black and gold. A high school all-state “feel good” story of the year. Ranked toward performer from Monroe, La., Fobbs is a second the bottom of the conference pack by preseason generation Tiger. Both he and his father played pundits, Grambling is the team to beat as the for the late Eddie Robinson. regular season winds to a close.

The first-year head coach is proud of the “I’ve said from the beginning it doesn’t Grambling name. “When you see the Grambling matter where you’re picked,” Fobbs said. “You

Grambling coach Broderick Fobbs has turned the team around.

The Grambling team leads SWAC’s West division after a slow start.

all start at the starting line at the same place. Our deal is to be objective driven. If you put enough good days together you put together a good week. We try to stay in the moment and make the most of that moment.”

No team goes through a season without overcoming some adversity and the Tigers are no exception. Grambling turned to back-up quarterback Johnathan Williams (redshirt junior) after starter D.J. Williams was injured in the game against Prairie View A&M University. Williams rallied the team to victory and four weeks later they are still undefeated.

“He’s a very, very intelligent young man,” Fobbs said of his young QB. “He’s a leader. He’s been a leader all season long and did a great job for us and helped us win that football game.”

The Tigers have proven to be a winner on the road as well as at home. They will put their conference unbeaten streak on the line against Texas Southern University at BBVA-Compass Stadium.

“We’ve always taken the mindset that it doesn’t matter where we play,” Fobbs said. “We believe that if we’re playing in an alley, we’re going to come to play.”

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h.s.zone Piro represents for Furr Brahmans ball early in the game,” Gray said.

According to his head coach, Piro is just as good in the classroom as he is on t was a banner week for Furr High the football field. “He’s an outstanding School football standout Stacy Piro. individual,” Gray said.

The senior wide receiver/defensive “Stacy began contributing to our back recently signed a full footsuccess and making the playoffs since ball scholarship to attend his sophomore year and again Southern University in Baton as a junior. This year Rouge. “I’m going to be he’s continuing to do Jaguar,” said Piro, his voice what he’s always done. ringing with excitement.

Things wouldn’t be Two days later, he celthe same without him,” ebrated the occasion with the Gray said. same type of performance that Piro is the third of earned the 5-foot-10, 170-pounder four brothers. He was born a college scholarship.

Oct. 30, 1996 and his birth sign In a 55-0 victory over is Scorpio. His favorite subject District 11-4A Division I rival in school in math and he’s Booker T. Washington, Piro got considering a college major in the Brahmans’ scoring started either business or computer with a seven-yard touchdown science. His long-range goal Stacy Piro is run followed by a 39-yard TD is to own a variety of restaustandout wide reception from quarterback receiver/defensive rants or hotels and stores. back for Furr.

Mike Davis.

When he wants to relax Piro provided more firePiro listens to music or plays works in the second quarter with a 43-yard TD run video games (zombie games to be and a 45-yard TD catch from Anthony Mata exact). If he could solve any that gave Furr a 49-0 advantage at the world problem, it would intermission. be hunger. His favorite “After our loss to Wheatley color is purple and (21-19), this was a must-win his favorite meal is if we’re going to make the any kind of seaplayoffs,” he said. “We had to food. do anything we needed to do Arizona Cardito take care of business. nals wide receiver “I just wanted to help Larry Fitzgerald my team win by any is Piro’s favorite means necessary,” Piro NFL player. He Furr head coach Cornell Gray said. “I’ll do anything it also likes Seattle describes Piro as “unbelievable.” takes for us to win.”

Seahawks running Furr head coach Cornell back Marshawn Lynch.

Gray has witnessed these types of performances from When asked to describe the type of football Piro for the last three years. His older brother Jamario player that he is, Piro said “a possession catcher, was also a standout for the Brahmans. hands-on.”

“Stacy Piro is just an unbelievable player,” Gray Piro began playing football when he was 7 years said. “He has the best hands on the team. His football old and credits his brothers and friends he played I.Q. is tremendous and going into this game, I wanted with and against in the neighborhood with making to make sure we got him the ball early. him the player he is today.

“Usually, I kind of wait “They are the ones and see how the game is going that helped me get the before I give him the ball, but abilities I have today,” Read about other top high school this week I made it my busihe said. football performances ness to make sure he got the

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sportsbriefs Dickinson start surprising There are three unbeaten Class 6A schools remaining in the Houston area. Manvel and Pearland were well-regarded coming into the 2014 season and are ranked among the top five in the Associated Press state poll. The two 8-0 District 22-6A rivals are steamrolling toward a Nov. 7 showdown at The Rig in Pearland. The third unbeaten school is Dickinson.

The Gators haven’t had a winning season since 2009 and began the 2014 season off the radar screen of most postseason prognostications. However, a 17-9 win over perennial powerhouse Friendswood has brought smiling faces to Gator Nation. Dickinson has risen to No. 10 in the area rankings with an 8-0 mark, but will face its sternest test of the season when the Gators journey to Veterans Memorial Stadium in League City to take on the Clear Creek Wildcats.

QB guides Clear Creek Some teams have top-notch athletes playing the quarterback position. Other schools have excellent quarterbacks. Chase Hildreth of Clear Creek High School falls into the latter category. The Wildcats trailed Clear Springs 14-13 at halftime in a key District 24-6A contest when Hildreth went to work.

Creek outscored Springs 21-7 in the second half as Hildreth tossed touchdown passes of 28 and 64 yards to wide receiver Brandon Hower along with a 24-yard TD pass to Landon Etzel. The left-handed Hildreth finished the game with four touchdown passes and no interceptions on 17-of-23 passing for 263 yards. Creek improved to 6-2 overall and 5-0 in district play.

TCU runs out of fireworks In a stunning display of offensive prowess, Texas Christian University defeated Big 12 rival Texas Tech 82-27. Horned Frog QB Trevone Boykins set a school record throwing for an amazing seven touchdowns and 433 yards. The win pushed the No. 10 ranked Frogs to a 6-1, 3-1 record in Big 12 play.

TCU sets off a fireworks display every time the team scores a field goal or touchdown. The problem the Frogs have now is with two home games remaining, they have run through the inventory of fireworks they had purchased for the season. They purchased enough fireworks for roughly 40 TDs. TCU has already scored 45 touchdowns this season, including 30 at home and 10 against the Red Raiders. If you’ve got some extra Roman candles, bottle rockets or firecrackers leftover from your Fourth of July activities, holler at our friends at TCU.

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Change your money attitude in 10 easy steps ers with high-interest, high-late fee credit cards.

Just say no. One debit card is all you need. If you don’t have the cash, don’t buy it.

9. Open a direct deposit CD or IRA account, which provide higher interest rates than traditional savings accounts. Determine that a percentage of your income is automatically withdrawn.

10. Start now. Becoming financially secure and educated is the only way that your money can grow.

By LYNETTE HOLLOWAY Special to NNPA from New Pittsburgh Courier

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t’s no secret that African-Americans face unique challenges to their financial security that are unlike those of white households.

An estimated 42 percent of AfricanAmerican households use credit for basic expenses, such as rent, groceries and utilities according to “The Challenge of Credit Card Debt for the African-American Middle Class,” a report released last year by the NAACP. The good news is that it’s never too late to overhaul your financial situation. One of the first steps is changing your attitude toward money, according to Sabrina Lamb, founder and CEO of theWorldofMoney.org, an organization dedicated to the financial education of youth.

Lamb is author of “Do I Look Like an ATM? A Parent’s Guide to Raising Financially Educated African-American Children.” She suggests 10 ways to make your money work for you: 1. Examine your “money-logue.” Review your inner dialogue about money: how you think, believe and speak about it. Eliminate words that reflect lack or loss. Use your current financial situation as a pathway to prosperity to help overcome shame and regret.

2. Make saving culturally cool. Examine your family’s culture as it relates to money management. Move the healthy and empowering discussion of personal finance front and center in family life and make it a goal-setting team activity.

3. Shop for quality financial services.

Instead of choosing financial institutions with the best commercials, research bankrate.com for institutions that provide the highest compound interest rate for investments in your city or online; or perhaps the lowest mortgage rate.

4. Pay yourself first. Have an emergency fund for when “life happens” or you encounter hardship. That fund should cover at least four months’ worth of expenses.

5. Watch your credit. Review your credit report for errors, including names, addresses and incorrect claims. The U.S. government makes a free report available at annualcreditreport.com.

6. Monitor your social media reputation.

People of color are already targeted by toxic sub-prime loans, high interest rates and sub-par financial services. Social media conversations and posts provide financial institutions with a treasure trove of information for a data repository to determine a person’s credit worthiness.

7. Invest in what you know. Clueless as to which stock or mutual fund to own? Look around your home and list the products and services of publicly traded companies to which you are already loyal. Use low-cost sites such as sharebuilder.com that allow you to invest in companies with a modest investment.

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8. Remember cash is king. In exchange for a discount, companies try to recruit new custom-

classified MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL RETARDATION AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY will be accepting Proposals for the following: Mobile X-Ray Services for MHMRA of Harris County CPEP Services

Specifications may be secured from MHMRA of Harris County, Purchasing Department located at 7011 Southwest Freeway, Suite 100 in Houston, Texas 77074 and/or via MHMRA website www.mhmraharris.org beginning Monday, November 3, 2014.

Proposals must be submitted to Purchasing Department, Room 100, 7011 Southwest Freeway, Houston, Texas 77074 by 10:00 a.m., November 24, 2014 in a sealed envelope marked "RFP - DO NOT OPEN UNTIL - MONDAY, November 24, 2014, Mobile X-Ray Services for MHMRA of Harris County CPEP Services”. Any questions pertaining to this solicitation should be addressed in writing to Joycie Sheba, Buyer II / Sharon Brauner, Buyer III, via fax (713) 970-7682 or email questions to joycie.sheba@mhmraharris.org cc: sharon.brauner@mhmraharris.org. MHMRA reserves the rights to reject any and/or all proposals it deems to be in its best interests, to waive formalities and reasonable irregularities in submitted documents and is not obligated to accept the lowest proposal.

The Houston Independent School District located in the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center at 4400 West 18 th Street Houston, Texas 77092 will accept proposals, until the stated date and time deadlines, in the Board Services Office, Level C1

 Project 14-09-08 – Social Media Monitoring – with a deadline of 3

P.M. November 14, 2014. The pre-proposal conference for this project will be in Room 3C10 at the above stated address on November 6, 2014 at 1:00 P.M.

 Project 14-10-07 – Organizational Change Management & Project

Training – with a deadline of 3 P.M. November 10, 2014. The preproposal conference for this project will be in Room 2W26 at the above stated address on November 4, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.

 Project 14-10-10 – Public Budget Formulation – with a deadline of

3 P.M. November 10, 2014. The pre-proposal conference for this project will be in Room 2E26 at the above stated address on November 3, 2014 at 3:00 P.M.

 Project 14-10-16 – Project Title: RFP/Two-Way Radios – with a

deadline of 1:00 p.m. November 14, 2014. There will be a preproposal meeting held on November 7, 2014 @ 9:00 am in conference room 1E02 at the above listed address.

 Project 14-10-17 – RFP/Montessori Classroom Materials and

Supplies with a deadline of 10:00 AM; November 12, 2014. A preproposal conference will not be held.

Proposals are available on the HISD web-site at www.houstonisd.org.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, or, to accept the proposal that is most advantageous to the District.

The District sells obsolete assets on-line at www.PublicSurplus.com.

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The Downtown Redevelopment Authority (the “Authority”) / TIRZ No. 3 will receive sealed bids for the Shopping District Streetscape Improvements project, located in Downtown Houston, primarily the 800 – 1500 blocks of Dallas Street from Milam to Crawford. Bids will be received until 10:00 AM, local time on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, by the Executive Director, Downtown Redevelopment Authority, 2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 1650, Houston, Texas 77010.

Bids received after this time will not be accepted.

The Downtown Redevelopment Authority (the “Authority”) / TIRZ No. 3 will receive sealed bids for the Main Street Improvements project, located in Downtown Houston, primarily the 100 – 1900 blocks from Commerce to Pierce. Bids will be received until 10:00 AM, local time on Tuesday, December 2, 2014, by the Executive Director, Downtown Redevelopment Authority, 2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 1650, Houston, Texas 77010. Bids received after this time will not be accepted.

Beginning 10:00 AM, Monday, November 3, 2014, Bid Documents may be purchased for $50 per set from the Authority by cash; or by cashier's check, certified check, or money order (payable to the Downtown Redevelopment Authority); or by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover). The cost for up to two sets will be refunded to Bidders who submit a valid bid for this Project and return bidding documents to the Authority. Addenda are free of charge and will be distributed by email to those who purchase Bid Documents and attend the pre-bid conference. Bid Documents may also be examined at plan rooms of the Minority Business Development Center (2302 Fannin Street, #165, Houston, TX 77002), Amtek Information and Plan Room (4001 Sherwood Lane, Houston, TX 77092) or viewed online at isqft.com.

Beginning 10:00 AM, Monday, November 3, 2014, Bid Documents may be purchased for $50 per set from the Authority by cash; or by cashier's check, certified check, or money order (payable to the Downtown Redevelopment Authority); or by credit card (MasterCard, Visa, or Discover). The cost for up to two sets will be refunded to Bidders who submit a valid bid for this Project and return bidding documents to the Authority. Addenda are free of charge and will be distributed by email to those who purchase Bid Documents and

attend the pre-bid conference. Bid Documents may also be examined at plan rooms of the Minority Business Development Center (2302 Fannin Street, #165, Houston, TX 77002), Amtek Information and Plan Room (4001 Sherwood Lane, Houston, TX 77092) or viewed online at isqft.com.

A MANDATORY pre-bid conference will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, in the Authority’s Conference Room, 2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 1650, Houston, Texas 77010. All bidders (general contractors) are invited to attend. Bids will be ruled non-responsive if received from a bidder who did not attend

the pre-bid conference. Late arrivals will not be admitted to the pre-bid conference.

A MANDATORY pre-bid conference will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, in the Authority’s Conference Room, 2 Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 1650, Houston, Texas 77010. All bidders (general contractors) are invited to attend. Bids will be ruled non-responsive if received from a bidder who did not attend the pre-bid conference. Late arrivals will not be admitted to the pre-bid conference.

Bidders shall comply with City Ordinance 95-336 (March 29, 1995) and Exec. Order No.1-2 (June 14, 1995), and City of Houston Affirmative Action and Contract Compliance Division Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Procedures (June 1995). The successful Bidder will be required to make good faith efforts to achieve an M/ WDSBE participation goal of 20 percent.

Bidders shall comply with City Ordinance 95-336 (March 29, 1995) and Exec. Order No.1‑2 (June 14, 1995), and City of Houston Affirmative Action and Contract Compliance Division Minority/Women Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Procedures (June 1995). The successful Bidder will be required to make good faith efforts to achieve an M/WDSBE participation goal of 20 percent.

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THE DEFENDER AND CREDIT SUISSE, a global bank, hosted a luncheon on hands with co-chairs Heidi and Marcus Smith along with Kristy and Chris Bradshaw.

“Perspectives on Wealth Creation in the African American Community.” The luncheon Jodie L. Jiles was called a pastor and delivered a prayer that received applause. The award speaker was Pamela Thomas-Graham, one of America’s most successful businesswomen. winners were Dorothy Ables, Exxon Mobil and United Way of Greater Houston. Wells Thomas-Graham is Harvard educated, former group president of Liz Claiborne, former CEO Fargo bank donated $10,000 for a park to be named after Chip Carlisle, president of Wells and chair of CNBC Television, first Black woman to make partner at McKinsey and the first Fargo’s Texas region. Other attendees were Jason and Arvia Few, Candace and Paul woman to serve on the executive committee of the Credit Suisse board in its 160-year history. Smith, Whitney Garcia, Kathy Butler, Gaylynn Richards and Donnell Reed……..THE The presentation was enlightening as it stressed the importance of JULIA C. HESTER HOUSE Wellness Center ribbon-cutting having a strong financial advisor. Enjoying the conversation were ceremony in Fifth Ward officially showcased the new Harold Dutton Defender TOP EVENTS former Secretary of Education Rod Paige and his wife Stephanie, Jr. Recreation Center and the Robert Tapscott Aquatic Center. The More photos on defendernetwork.com Shauna Johnson-Clark, Yolanda Adams, Lonny McBride, Milton program, lead by David Benson of the Harris County Precinct One See Events on KTRK Ch.13’s ‘Crossroads’ office, featured Mt. Pleasant Baptist Pastor Roy Jackson, Hester Carroll, Gerald Smith, Jackson Smith, Ben Hall, Jodie L. Jiles, with Melanie Lawson on Sunday Morning House Executive Director Daisy Stiner, Precinct One Commissioner Rufus Cormier, Erin Patterson, Tym Tombar, Darryl Wilson El Franco Lee, Hester House board chairman Charles McCloud and Jodie B. Jiles........COLLABORATIVE FOR CHILDREN and State Rep. Harold Dutton. Stealing the show were the Julia C. upheld its gala theme “Every Adventure requires a First Step” at Hester House Youth and the Hester House “Swinging Seniors.” On sight were the families of Hotel ZaZa. The Collaborative works with parents, educators and local leaders to make sure Dutton and Tapscott, Yvette “Ms. Chag” Chargois, Sylvia Brooks, Anna Babin, Kenny our region’s children have the learning opportunities they need to succeed. There were cute little children dressed in T-shirts proclaiming their future careers, such as “I’m an investment Calloway, Wiley Henry, Willie Jordan, Judge Hilary Green, Craig Washington, Robbie banker” or “I’m a teacher.” Collaborative CEO Carol Shattuck put the event in good Sutton and Bruce Austin.

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