Houston Style Magazine Vol 32 No 35

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Volume 32 | Number 35

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Jesse Jackson

Why Are a Few Democrats Blocking Biden's Bold Recovery Agenda

THE RESET of Texas Southern University

Dr. Crumpton-Young

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First Black Couple to Wear Legendary Tiffany Diamond

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COMMENTARY

WHY ARE A FEW DEMOCRATS BLOCKING BIDEN'S BOLD RECOVERY AGENDA?

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By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer

his is the week that will tell whether Washington will act to address the growing crises that threaten our democracy.

Across the country, COVID-19 is spiking once more, as the delta variant proves ever more contagious. Floods in the Northeast join flames in the Northwest, as extreme weather caused by climate change takes an ever-greater toll in lives and resources.

Our economy has only begun to recover from the COVID-19 recession, and it still does not work for most Americans. Low-income families struggle to find housing; young people are burdened with college debts; parents can't afford child care; the old find health care ever more unaffordable.

Now comes the test. Will a handful of conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives join Republicans in blocking the progress we need?

Will they join Republicans in sabotaging the program of the Democratic president?

Will they spurn their own leaders in the House and the urging of the vast majority of their caucus? As I write this from my hospital bed, they are still claiming they will block the way.

Here's the back story. The Senate -- somewhat miraculously -- has passed both a bill to begin rebuilding our infrastructure with bipartisan support, and a budget resolution that would make a real impact on people's lives in a party-line vote. The former is modest -- only $550 billion in new money over 10 years, focused on roads, bridges and water systems.

To gain Republican support, it pretends to balance the spending with revenues from accounting tricks, repurposing funds from other purposes and other gambits.

The latter -- the budget resolution -- is bolder in vision, providing a child allowance for middle and low income families, major investment in quality day care and pre-K, a serious first step in investments in meet the climate crisis, and major improvements in Medicare to make health care more affordable.

The budget resolution bill is also bolder in scope, spending $3.5 trillion over 10 years, balanced by revenues produced by asking the rich and the corporations to pay closer to their fair share in taxes. Not surprisingly, Republicans -- who have pledged never to raise taxes on the rich and even oppose empowering the IRS to collect the taxes they already owe -- unanimously voted against it.

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Now the House must pass the budget resolution -- again in the face of united Republican opposition. That will then unleash the committees to detail the exact programs, negotiate various compromises, lay out the revenue side and pass a budget to be negotiated with the budget passed by the Senate. With Democrats enjoying only a three vote margin in the House, that requires House Democrats to unite as Senate Democrats did (and as Republicans do in opposition).

Yet, somehow, a handful of conservative Democrats have decided to get in the way. They demand that the House pass the smaller, bipartisan infrastructure bill immediately and say they won't vote for a budget resolution until it does.

Why? They say speed is necessary to pass the infrastructure bill, but that's just silly. The whole process will be done -- if everyone stays on board -- by October.

They claim the triumph of bipartisanship is the way things should be done. But as the infrastructure bill showed, the only legislation able to gain Republican support will be too modest to make a real difference on climate and will do nothing to address the extreme inequality fostered by our current rigged tax system.

No, the only conclusion, other than that they craving media attention, is that these conservatives want less: less help for families, a weaker Medicare program, less action on the climate threat, less investment in kids from pre-K to college. At a time when the crises we face demand bold action, they prefer small.

With extreme inequality undermining our economy and democracy, they cater to donors, not voters. At a time when Republican obstruction forces Democratic unity if anything is to move, they prefer division.

This week will tell. It is time for

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Congressman Jim Costa, D-California conservative Democrats to stop posturing and to start legislating, to stop dividing the party and to start getting with the program.

One thing is clear: If they are successful in blocking Biden's agenda, they will surely lay the groundwork for Republican victories in 2022. If voters see that Democrats can't unite to get things done, they are likely to look for an alternative.

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Jackson in care of this newspaper or by email at jjackson@rainbowpush.org. Follow him on Twitter @RevJJackson.

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BIDEN AGENDA STORY UPDATE Since this article's release on Monday, Aug. 23 the House of Representatives approved the $3.5 trillion budget plan on Tuesday, Aug. 24th. The new budget has provisions to help families, the climate, health care, and infrastructure and jobs.

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POLITICAL: THE HOUSE PASSES THE JOHN R. LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ADVANCEMENT ACT (H.R. 4)

By Sophies Reardon, www.CBS.com – Newswire

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ouse lawmakers approved new legislation aimed at protecting the right to vote on Tuesday, amid a wave of restrictive new elections laws from Republican-controlled state legislatures.

The bill is named for the Georgia congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis, who died last year.

"Old battles have become new again," said Alabama Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell, who introduced the legislation. "I want you to know that the modern day barriers to voting are no less pernicious than those literacy tests and those poll taxes. And what we must do, as we did back in the '60s, is when we see states running amok, we need federal oversight."

Democrats say the bill, known as H.R. 4, would strengthen the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which had been weakened by a pair of Supreme Court rulings over the course of the last decade. Its supporters say that would make it more difficult for states to restrict future voting access.

While the bill passed the House along party lines, with 219 Democrats in favor and all 212 Republicans opposed, it now faces steep GOP opposition in the evenly divided Senate. Republicans have characterized the legislation as a federal overreach into the state's role in election processes.

Republican Rep. Rodney Davis of Illinois described it Tuesday as a "partisan power grab which circumvents the people to ensure one-party rule."

Republicans have already blocked a separate sweeping elections and voting bill known as the For The People Act. That legislation seeks to end gerrymandering of congressional districts, set mandates for early and mail-in voting and increase transparency in campaign financing. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said that the Senate will turn to voting rights legislation when lawmakers return to Washington, D.C., in September.

Democrats and activists have said that both bills are necessary to protect access to the ballot. President Biden echoed that message Tuesday.

"The House is acting. The Senate also has to join them to send this important bill to my desk, and the Senate has to move forward on the people's act — critical legislation to protect our democracy and the right to vote," Biden said. "We need both of those."

Voting rights groups have called on Biden to come out in support of eliminating or changing the filibuster rules, in order to allow

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell voting rights bills to pass with a simple majority, side-stepping widespread Republican opposition.

Turner and others called on Biden to use the "full power of his office," and "compel Congress to pass voting rights legislation and ensure the freedom to vote for all of us and the freedom to vote for every American."

STATE: TEXAS LT. GOV. FALSELY IMPLIES BLACK PEOPLE ARE TO BLAME FOR COVID-19 SURGE

By Holmes Lybrand and Tara Subramaniam, ww.CNN.com – Newswire

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he blame game over rising cases of Covid-19 continues along largely partisan lines, with Democrats attacking GOP governors who have banned measures like mask mandates and vaccine passports, and Republicans blaming the Biden administration's border policy for the uptick in cases.

The attacks heated up Thursday when Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick claimed that African Americans were to blame for the ever-increasing wave of coronavirus cases.

Patrick was asked on Fox News to respond to criticisms over his state's handling of the pandemic.

"The Covid is spreading," Patrick said, "particularly, most of the numbers are with the unvaccinated and the Democrats like to blame Republicans on that. Well, the biggest group in most states are African Americans who have not been vaccinated."

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"The last time I checked over 90 percent of them vote for Democrats," Patrick said, adding that it's up to Democrats and Republicans to get people vaccinated.

Facts First: Just on raw numbers, Black people, at about 13% of the total population, are not the "biggest group" of unvaccinated people either in Texas or across the US. An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that White adults account for the largest share of unvaccinated adults.

Even if we dive into the rates, the implication from Patrick that Black people are especially to blame for spreading the virus is not accurate.

According to data analyzed by KFF, Black people made up over 50% of positive Covid cases in only two of the 35 analyzed places as of August 16: the District of Columbia

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and Mississippi. Specifically, in Patrick's state of Texas, Black people represent 15% of cases, Hispanics 52% and White people 32%.

In his response to CNN, Patrick's office pointed to a Facebook post from the Lieutenant Governor which incorrectly claimed "Federal and State data clearly indicate that Black vaccination rates are significantly lower than White or Hispanic rates."

On this point, Patrick is wrong as well, since data suggests the difference across racial groups is not that clear.

According to analysis of self-reported data from KFF, 65% of Black adults said they had received at least one dose of the vaccine compared to 70% of White adults and 61% of Hispanic adults. A different KFF analysis says that in 40 states, 50% of White people are vaccinated and 40% of Black people are vaccinated.

The KFF analysis notes that "Black and Hispanic people remain less likely than their White counterparts to have received a vaccine." However, vaccination rates among Black people continue to increase while the rate among White people is on the decline.

The number of new daily Covid cases continues to rise in the state of Texas, up 24% over the past two weeks. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus continues to climb as well. "Hospital capacity concerns worsening. Fatalities are increasing faster," the state's Department of State Health Services said Wednesday.

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JUDGE LINA HIDALGO DEFENDS $11 MILLION CONTRACT FOR TARGETED COMMUNITY VACCINE

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arris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is facing heat over an $11 million contract to help certain communities get COVID vaccinated.

In recent weeks the COVID infection rate has increased greatly in Harris County causing the threat level to be raised to red. Judge Hidalgo has been focused on lowering the threat level by increasing efforts to encourage people to get vaccinated.

Herschel Walker, Georgia Football Legend. Credit: Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com During an earlier meeting of the Commissioner's Court in June, Democratic Commissioners Rodney Ellis and Adrian Garcia sided with Judge Hidalgo to hire an outside group for a targeted community vaccine delivery. The group hired was Elevate Strategies, LLC, and they were to be paid close to $11 million for 12 months of outreach to the communities with the possibility for contract renewals.

Judge Lina Hidalgo talks to Commissioner Jack Cagle and Tom Ramsey. Photo: Brett Coomer What seems like the right step towards herd immunity is a red flag for some and they are calling foul.

The controversy comes when diving deeper into the his- director of data for the Democratic National Committee. public health department. tory of Elevate Strategies. Usually for a contract of this Many are calling that a conflict of interests.

Judge Hidalgo has defended the hiring of EleDuring a most recent Commissioner's Court denomination and size, a firm that is more familiar and experienced in healthcare communications and has access meeting, Commissioner Jack Cagle led the barrage of vate Strategies, as a much needed campaign to get the to sizeable resources is chosen. Elevated Strategies has questions about who vetted the company and made unvaccina neither. Another glaring red flag is the fact that this com- the decision to contract them. While one resident quespany has a history of supporting Democratic candidates tioned why the company was collecting such sensitive For more information visit: including former presidential candidate Hilary Clinton information. County purchasing agent Dwight Dopslauf and current County Commissioner Adrian Garcia. The informed those in the court that all decisions were made company's founder, Felicity Pereyra, is also the former by those from Judge Hidalgo's office and the county's

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LOCAL: HARRIS COUNTY ANNOUNCES $30M PLAN TO BRING MORE NURSES TO HOSPITALS ACROSS THE AREA www.StyleMagazine.com - Newswire

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s local hospitals grapple with overwhelmed emergency rooms and intensive care units due to the COVID pandemic, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo has proposed a $30 million plan to bring in more assistance.

The funds would be used to hire hundreds of nurses for hospitals across the county in an effort to bring relief to medical workers on the frontlines.

Hidalgo said that the sooner the plan is approved, the sooner the county can draft up a contract and begin negotiations with SETRAC, the agency that will be coordinating the new staff. The nurses will be sent to both private and public hospitals in the region.

"Harris County and SETRAC will work to ensure that these nurses come from outside our region, so we're not just taking nurses from one hospital and putting them in another hospital," the judge said.

Hidalgo made sure the plan was the first item on the agenda during the commissioner's court meeting Tuesday morning. Commissioners voted in favor of the proposal.

During the deliberation, questions were presented, primarily from commissioners R. Jack Cagle and Tom Ramsey, over the details of the contract with hospitals, coordinating agencies and the county.

Ideally, the county would be reimbursed through FEMA for covering the upfront expenses of providing extra nurses.

The judge anticipates having additional nurses coming to the area within the next three days.

According to Hidalgo, the biggest problem facing local hospitals isn't space but staffing. Harris County has already requested additional medical staff from the state and the federal government, she said.

"We've received some nurses from the state. Very helpful. But not enough," Hidalgo said.

The proposed $30 million is the maximum amount that has been projected for the plan. Hidalgo said it's her hope the county doesn't use the entire budget.

"We do not anticipate this entire amount will be needed, and we'll work to keep the total expenditures as low as possible," Hidalgo said.

Hidalgo confirmed the county and local hospital leaders have been in conversation about opening the hospital at NRG, but the judge said the most urgent need is staffing and increasing vaccination rates.

The news comes after it was announced the team at NRG will be relocated to Dick Graves Park on Reed Road,

Judge Lina Hidalgo just off Highway 288. The NRG site is scheduled to close Wednesday, and the Dick Graves Park site will open Thursday.

Hidalgo said there should be no pause in service during the transition.

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LOCAL: HOUSTON NATIVE SERVES AT NAVAL AIR STATION JACKSONVILLE

By Lt. Jill Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach – Newswire

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Houston native is serving with the U.S. Navy’s cutting-edge maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft squadron in Jacksonville, Florida. Master Chief Petty Officer Darnell Williams joined the Navy 20 years ago. Today, Williams serves as a Command Master Chief.

“To earn money for college inspired me to join the Navy,” said Williams. “This was a gift to my mother, so she wouldn’t have to pay for my college.”

Williams serves with Patrol Squadron Five, a high-tech maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadron tasked with monitoring the world’s oceans in the state-of-the-art P-8A “Poseidon.”

Growing up in Houston, Williams attended Spring High School and graduated in 2001. Today, Williams finds the values in Houston similar to those needed to succeed in the military.

“I was a big athlete in varsity football and track in high school,” said Williams. “I learned about discipline and how to maneuver around issues to fix stuff. My stepdad taught me about doing things right the first time.”

These lessons have helped Williams while serving in the Navy supporting the P-8 Poseidon mission.

The P-8 Poseidon mission is to conduct maritime patrol and reconnaissance as well as long-range anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and intelligence gathering missions. They deploy around the globe to monitor the world’s oceans wherever they are needed.

The P-8A Poseidon, the Navy’s newest maritime, patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, is a replacement aircraft for the legacy P-3C “Orion”. According to Navy officials, leveraging the experience and technology of the successful P-3C “Orion” with the needs of the fleet, the P-8A is designed to be combat-capable, and to improve an opera-

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tor’s ability to efficiently conduct anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Serving in the Navy means Williams is part of a world that is taking on new importance in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.

“In my time, we've made significant progress to national security,” said Williams. “The Navy is usually the first one to deploy wherever there is trouble. We are the enforcers in the air and at sea.”

With more than 90 percent of all trade traveling by sea, and 95 percent of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.

According to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, four priorities will focus efforts on sailors, readiness, capabilities, and capacity.

“For 245 years, in both calm and rough waters, our Navy has stood the watch to protect the homeland, preserve freedom of the seas, and defend our way of life,” said Gilday. “The decisions and investments we make this decade will set the maritime balance of power for the rest of this century. We can accept nothing less than success.”

There are many accomplishments that come with military service, and Williams is most proud of the day he advanced to Master Chief Petty Officer.

“I had set a goal in boot camp to make Master Chief,” said Williams. “The fact that I made Master Chief in 17 years is the highest goal I could set for myself. This is the pinnacle of an enlisted career.”

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Master Chief Petty Officer Darnell Williams As Williams and other sailors continue to train, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy.

“To be able to wear the cloth of my nation and sacrifice what I have to keep people safe,” added Williams. “To me, there is no greater honor.”

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Houston Style Magazine Sits Down With…

DR. LESIA L. CRUMPTON-YOUNG

THE RESET OF TSU

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Dr. Crumpton-Young is asking the community to help Texas Southern University by letting go of the past and join them in restarting and resetting for a new future.

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hat is the transformative thing that I am going to do today?" is the question that Texas Southern University President Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young asks herself at the start of each day.

It's a question that causes her to act intentionally for a defined purpose. This is how she will approach each day of the presidency of Texas Southern University. A working partnership with the students & staff, as well as alum, and the community with Dr. Crumpton-Young will be needed to make an effective change at the HBCU since it will require it a mind shift for all to let go of the negativity of past years and embraced the new era. With a clean slate, Dr. Crumpton-Young has a plan that focuses on the principles of innovation, transformation, and disruption to guide Texas Southern University into a new era to restart and reset.

"What I am asking the community to do is to give TSU an opportunity to reset and restart." Dr. Crumpton-Young continued, "What I want everyone to do with me in the Houston community is to let's restart. Give everyone a chance."

In what will be an era of transformation under

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the Crumpton-Young administration, a focus will be on such priorities as ensuring the safety of students & staff, increasing the graduation rate, forming more corporate partnerships, and being better neighbors to the community they serve in the ways residents need it most.

She answered the call Being the president of a university is not just a job or advanced career move...it's a calling. In the opinion of Dr. Crumpton-Young presidents are called to a higher purpose. As the 13th president of Texas Southern University, she feels passionate and motivated by her purpose to transform the lives of students.

For she knows that when she helps to transform the life of one student, she is helping to change the lives of the generations that follow in that family's legacy.

History can certainly reflect how true that statement is for many African American families. Just looking at my own family I know that on my father's side that his parents' education level did not exceed beyond the middle school level but they made sure their children's education exceed their own. In fact, it

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was my dad's oldest brother who made sure he was college educated since my dad became an orphan at a very young age. Under my uncle's watch, my dad became a graduate of Prairie View A&M University and a leader in education. My mother had a similar history. Her parents were not college educated either my grandparents made sure she was. She graduated from the very university that Dr. Crumpton-Young now oversees, Texas Southern. Like my father, she, too, had a career in education.

Education has always played a pivotal role in the success of an individual, especially in African American families. However, the opportunity to obtain it slips through the hands of many due to various obstacles.

The plight of the pandemic has been one of those major obstacles for students at colleges across the country, especially for those at HBCUs like TSU. This is why getting those students who fell through the cracks to increase graduation rates is a priority for Dr. Crumpton-Young. Various programs are being created with the sole purpose of getting back those students who started taking college courses but didn't cross the finish line to graduation. The goal is to identify the trouble spots for

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those students and get them back on the path to graduation. She hopes to see the fruition of her plans starting as early as graduation season in May 2022.

Graduation rates are not the only priority Dr. Crumpton-Young knows that being a university president in these times calls for more than just worrying about the usual problems of student retention, balancing the budget, working with the board, and such. In these crucial, keeping students and staff safe has shot to the top of the list. She wants to ensure that every student and faculty member feels safe while on campus.

"Health and safety is one of my top concerns," said Dr. Crumpton-Young who has been spending a lot of time and energy on the topic of student safety but even the safety beyond the student. Some TSU students live in multigenerational homes with individuals with underlining conditions, which means staying healthy is even more critical. Having various meetings and examining research has allowed university officials to develop some strong programs that are already in place to ensure that students are masked up. Furthermore, there are additional plans to incentivize students, faculty, and staff to get vaccinated.

TSU is fortunate to be one of eight HBCUs included in a partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. that has provided free COVID-19 test kits through a $25 million donation. TSU is further benefiting from the sizable donation by becoming a testing hub to process samples from other HBCUs in Texas. This indicates Thermo Fisher's commitment to communities of color during the pandemic.

Partnerships are helping TSU tigers get COVID tested and vaccinated. Through another partnership with St. Luke's Health an on-site vaccination clinic was set up for students, faculty, staff, their families, and the community to make sure that all could return to campus as safe as possible.

The return to Tigerland Students want to come back to campus. It has been a year of missing their friends and time treasured college experiences. Everyone is tired of zoom classes and misses the interaction gained from in-person learning. Dr. Crumpton-Young and officials at TSU are all putting all their energies into numerous measures to make sure that students, faculty, and staff will feel and be safe in their return to Tigerland.

With the fall semester starting up again something else is on the minds of students and some pretty excited alum...homecoming. The epic celebration where alum come back to relive their time of younger days and tell current students, "You don't know how good yall have it?" Followed by a confused look and laughter by current students at the older generation trying to prove they still got it. It is the ultimate family reunion to see how classmates have succeeded in life beyond their college years and to inspire the current generation with stories of "if I can do it, you can do it too."

Held annually, it is the one time when everyone gets a hall pass to go crazy with no questions answers asked. With it being canceled last year, alum as well as students, are anxiously awaiting to see what homecoming season 2021 will look like. For TSU, it is still not known. Dr. Crumpton-Young joking said she is hoping homecoming would look like Frankie Beverly and Maze was on her campus but she knows that is wishful thinking. However, she is hopeful that a successful outdoor homecoming can happen. Currently, she is in talks with the homecoming planning committee who are looking

President Crumpton-Young talks with students. Top: TSU's staff welcomes new president. at ways to have a healthy and safe outdoor homecoming since there are fewer risks of spreading COVID at outdoor events. So fun is on the agenda for homecoming but health and safety trumps all.

Their overall goal is to make sure the community is masked and vaccinated so herd immunity can be reached. Protecting generations of loved ones is just another aspect of understanding an HBCU's culture. When one tiger hurts, all tigers hurt so it is a huge undertaking to care for each one.

HBCUs were partly started on the principle of not leaving one behind. These intuitions became lifelines for the higher education of African Americans when white intuitions would not admit them. They stand today as vital resources of the nation's education system producing many of the best individuals in numerous professions. TSU's Thurgood Marshall School of Law is home to some of the nation's top lawyers and judges including Congressman Al Green, Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia, Senior United State Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt, State Rep. Senfronia Thompson, president and CEO of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project Memorial Foundation Harry E. Johnson, to name a few. TSU's College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences is the #1 producer of African American pharmacists in Texas and #3 in the U.S. Taking TSU to the next level It takes bold moves, forward thinking, and guts to go to the next level. Dr. Crumpton-Young has that. Calling this first year with TSU as the year of transformation, she has plans for TSU based on three principles - innovation, transformation, and disruption.

Part of her innovative thinking comes with making TSU a Research I university. According to Wikipedia, a R1 research intuition is a category set by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education for those universities that have "a very high level of both research activity and per capita in such research activity using aggregate data to determine both measurements." Dr. Crumpton-Young wants TSU to step away from the norm of having research focused on rural America

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and begin to use research to focus on helping urban America by addressing the social determinants of health and wellness to really respond to the needs of the community that TSU serves. More community partnerships are needed to accomplish this goal.

"It is usually a long process but I am hopeful that we can get there in about 5 years. What that means is that we have to take advantage of all the external funding opportunities and partnerships that will support research," said Dr. Crumpton-Young.

"It is an encouraging time because the country is thinking about the fact that there are no HBCUs that are R1 institutions and so we are encouraged by the conversations happening nationally. We are encouraged that the Biden administration is saying that it is going to have external funding opportunities available for HBCUs." Developing more opportunities for research to add to the important conversations is what Dr. Crumpton-Young is all about. As an engineer with a BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, her mind thinks in an organizational way so the more facts and data the better for her. She thinks research is also the key to add to the race relation conversation in Houston. TSU has a Center for Justice where Dr. Howard Henderson and his team are doing just that kind of work to arm people with good information and data to drum up new ideas and thought patterns to eliminate some of the injustices being done in this world.

Seizing the Day Tigers are thought to be trustworthy and determined. They often stand with all power and authority. With less than 60 days on the job, Dr. Crumpton-Young has caught the eye of the tiger with grand plans to push the university forward. She is confident in her plans and dares not to doubt that any will fail. She knows she has the support of the tiger family with students, faculty, staff, alum, the board of regents, and the greater Houston community. With all these entities working together TSU is the perfect position to restart and reset for the new TSU.

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LOCAL: HOUSTON OFFICIALS PARTNER WITH WALMART TO OFFER COVID-19 VACCINATIONS FOR CHILDREN Houston County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Houston Independent School District and Dept. of Health and Human Services are participating in Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Super Saturday Initiative By www.StyleMagazine.com – Newswire

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s part of a major back-to-school initiative, Walmart announced that it is partnering with several Houston organizations to offer COVID-19 vaccinations, flu shots, routine children’s vaccinations and screenings as part of Mayor Sylvester Turner’s Super Saturday initiative.

Houston County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, the Houston Independent School District and Dept. of Health and Human Services are collaborating in this major effort to get students ready to return to school.

The event will take place on Saturday, Aug. 28th at Clifton Middle School, 6001 Golden Forest Dr., Houston, TX 77092. The COVID-19 vaccination will be available to students in 6th to 8th grade as well as their siblings in high school. The COVID-19 vaccinations are only available to those 12 and older. Walk-ins also may get their shots. To

attend the event, you must register by completing this registration form in English, or Spanish formulario de inscripción As part of your registration, Walmart may bill administration fees to your insurer, health plan, or an uninsured fund, but will not impose a charge on you.

The first 100 people to register will receive a $25 Walmart gift card once the requested health services are received at Clifton Middle School on August 28th. Gift cards will be distributed electronically on-site to the email address used to register.

For families in need of transportation to Clifton Middle School, Uber and Lyft are offering complimentary roundtrip rides in Harris County for individuals and traveling to receive a vaccine.

“It's important we don't let our guard down with

our health this fall. Between COVID-19 vaccines and the annual flu shot, we know people may be experiencing 'vaccine fatigue,' but these preventive measures have never been more vital to keeping our communities healthy,” said Del Sloneker, Walmart senior vice president and chief operating officer, Health and Wellness, said. “It's on all of us to do our part and is just another way we're making it simple to live better, healthier lives.”

Mayor Sylvester Turner said, “We all have a responsibility to protect our children from COVID-19 by getting those who are eligible fully vaccinated. I thank Walmart for being a valuable partner with the City of Houston in making vaccines and other immunizations readily available for children ages 12 and older. Sadly, we are seeing more children being hospitalized due to COVID-19 and its variants. It is imperative that we continue to get more people vaccinated so that our children and educators can feel safe returning to the classroom.”

County Commissioner Ellis said Vaccines are our best defense against COVID-19. With the current COVID-19 surge straining our hospitals and medical systems we have no time to waste in getting as many people that are eligible vaccinated. People of color are still facing the worst of this public health crisis and it’s important that we continue to reach out to those communities who are less likely to have access to vaccines and affordable health care.

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fter a nationwide search, the Legacy Community Health (“Legacy”) Board of Directors announces the hiring of Dr. Robert “Bobby” Hilliard, Jr. as their new Chief Executive Officer. He will replace Katy Caldwell who is retiring after successfully leading Legacy for over 25 years. Dr. Hilliard’s appointment marks the first time Legacy has been led by a physician.

Dr. Hilliard holds an MBA from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas, Health Science Center.

Dr. Hilliard is a compassionate leader who brings a wealth of experience in health care and health care management to this position. He is a former long-time board member of Legacy Community Health, a Chair of the Board of Trustees of AIDS United, and a Diplomate with the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

For the past decade, Dr. Hilliard has worked with medical plans in a variety of positions, including President of WellCare Health Plans, Inc. of Illinois and the Chief Operating Officer of

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UnitedHealthcare Community and State Plan of Texas. His experience with both patient care and delivery systems will serve Legacy greatly.

“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Hilliard as CEO of Legacy. Bobby brings a wealth of experience and health care knowledge to our organization, combined with a deep passion for our mission. A well-respected leader, physician and MBA is a perfect match for our growing organization.” shared Alex Jessett, Chair of the Board of Directors.

An avid advocate for underserved populations, Dr. Hilliard has dedicated his career to helping those in need access health care in this country. Legacy is excited to share this news with the public.

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LOCAL: H-E-B NAMES 2021 QUEST FOR TEXAS BEST FINALIST

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“We continue to be amazed at what Texans bring to the table and how their creations are received in stores,” said James Harris, Director, Diversity & Inclusion and Supplier Diversity, H-E-B. “The creativity and resiliency of our Lone Star food, and now non-food, creators have elevated this contest with another year of unbelievable stories and products.”

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ENTERTAINMENT: BEYONCé AND JAY-Z'S NEW TIFFANY& CO. CAMPAIGN IS FULL OF FIRSTS

By Miles Socha, www.WWD.com – Newswire

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hile no one could ever upstage Beyoncé and Jay-Z, together for the first time in an ad campaign for Tiffany & Co., it’s fair to say there is a third star in the spots: a never-before-seen painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat in the jeweler’s signature robin egg blue.

Tiffany recently acquired the spectacular artwork, which had been in the possession of a private collector since the early 1980s, adding another surprise and layer of storytelling to a vast, yet nuanced advertising effort, which is to break in print next month.

Now controlled by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Tiffany is putting major firepower behind the

yearlong campaign featuring the Carters, which includes a short film that depicts Beyoncé singing “Moon River” to her husband. It’s destined for major exposure in the coming months, including a takeover of all the digital billboards in New York’s Times Square Unveiling the first campaign image exclusively to WWD, Alexandre Arnault, Tiffany’s executive vice president of products and communications, also told the back story of the project in his first sit-down interview since joining the historic New York jeweler last January.

The ads mark the first time the two music superstars will appear together in a campaign and the first time the famous Tiffany Diamond — with its 128.54

carats and 82 facets — will feature in one. Only three other women — Mary Whitehouse, Audrey Hepburn and Lady Gaga — have ever worn the famous gemstone, which was unearthed in South Africa in 1877.

While acknowledging that Tiffany is a large brand that speaks to many different audiences, and markets a diverse array of products priced anywhere from $300 to $3 million, Arnault said the Carter campaign reclaims the company’s roots as a high jeweler, while giving more hints about where LVMH plans to take the company.

To be sure, the young executive aimed high, describing the trifecta of power players in the campaign as follows: “She’s the best singer in the world, and he’s the best rapper in the world, hands down. And we’re the best jewelry company in the world, right? So we kind of had to marry ourselves together to produce this.”

And what sparks this triangle produced.

“The investment will be pretty impressive,” he demurred. “It’s our biggest campaign for the year. It’s the most enduring campaign. Also, it’s the only year-long campaign that we have. It marks a clear evolution of what we’ve been doing from a creative standpoint.”

As part of the partnership with the couple, Tiffany is committing $2 million for scholarship and internship programs for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

“This commitment reflects Tiffany’s continued support toward the advancement of underrepresented communities,” Arnault said. “The Carters have already done incredible work in this space. Together, we are excited to embark upon this journey.”

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n English professor and folklorist at Dillard University in New Orleans will become Louisiana’s poet laureate.

“It is such an honor to represent my home state.

It is something I never thought would happen,” Mona Lisa Saloy said in an interview Tuesday, after Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities announced her appointment. She succeeds John Warner Smith, who was on the endowment's nominating panel.

“Dr. Mona Lisa Saloy beautifully captures the culture and essence of Louisiana in her mesmerizing poetry,” Edwards said in a news release. “She understands the importance of using art to preserve our stories and pass them down for generations."

Saloy has taught at Dillard since 1991, working in the city where she grew up.

Her students have included Jericho Brown, who

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won last year's Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

“He would laugh. He would pen me what he thought was trash but I could see the gems. I hope I encouraged him to believe in his creativity,” Saloy said. “And he took off. He was going to be a lawyer. I asked him, 'What are you going to do with this gift?' It was unmistakable and moving."

She wrote about some of what she found after the hurricane in the opening of the poem “New Orleans, a Neighborhood Nation:” “I'll be encouraging people to tell their stories in verse. Especially our unique cultures. We have so many,” she said. “I want our state to revere our ancestors and reveal those nuances. ”Hopefully I'll engage people with loving poetry — Louisiana culture’s loving words."

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he humble shipping container. It gets crammed in side by side with hundreds of others and stacked a half-dozen high on a slow boat to the other side of the world. It’s perhaps the farthest thing from luxury in this, its natural state. Somewhere along the line, the idea of turning one of these plain steel structures into something that passes for habitability—the earliest patent was filed in 1965, and you can read about subsequent patents here—sparked.

For high-end buyers seeking to build a luxury home, price may not be the top concern, but the fact that shipping containers can dramatically slash building costs is certainly an advantage.

“It’s definitely less expensive to buy abandoned or retired containers compared to traditional materials,” said Celina Robinson, Sheerah Homes Incorporated.

“They are also structurally sound and durable since they are made to withstand harsh weather at sea, homes can be built up to six stories tall without significant reinforcement, and they are quicker to build compared to conventional homes— Walls, floors, and ceilings are already built, so you just need to insulate. The first container home in Ireland was built in three days!”

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around the use of shipping containers as a modular solution. Other sustainable alternatives are also built into her designs, including a solar option.

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ENTERTAINMENT: MAHALIA: DANIELLE BROOKS ON HOW FATE BROUGHT HER AND ICONIC SINGER TOGETHER

By Pete Hammond, www.CNN.com – Newswire

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rowing up, Danielle Brooks, best known for Orange Is the New Black, sang every week in church and recalls seeing photos of key figures in her Sunday School classroom — icons like Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson and gospel superstar Mahalia Jackson. So she believes it was fated that she eventually would get to

was like, ‘OK. Lord, I don’t know, Universe, what you trying to tell me?’

“But I’m going to listen to the call, and so I started doing as much research as I could, and at the time, I just knew I wanted to play her, but I didn’t know the position. I didn’t know if I needed to write it myself. I didn’t know if I needed to find partners.

And the universe brought me to Robin Roberts and Kenny Leon, who I just worked with in Shakespeare in the Park, and it just felt right,” she said.

Brooks was also an executive producer on the project and grateful to Roberts for letting her join in that position, especially as Roberts’ name is also in the title of the show. “She’s been such a great advocate, someone that I could always call at any moment,” Brooks said. “I just appreciate her giving, you know, setting that ladder there for me to also climb up and not being so egotistical in not allowing another woman to be executive producing this project.

So, she really helped me succeed in that way, so I really thank her for that in getting the word out and all of that, too, and I would work with her again, for sure.”

play the singer, she told me during the panel for Lifetime’s Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event.

“Once I became an adult, I kept getting this bug put in my ear, when I was in The Color Purple on Broadway, people said that I should play Mahalia Jackson. I

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The reviews are in, customers are raving about the new Dark Chocolate Mint Bar, and the massive amount of pre-order sales speak volumes. Like all Kate’s Real Food products, the Mint Bar is loaded with tasty USDA-certified organic ingredients, including cool peppermint extract, smooth dark chocolate, natural cacao powder, creamy peanut butter, and certified gluten-free oats. It also includes organic, dried bits of cacao beans, adding texture to the bar with chocolate in a pure, unaltered form. Cacao not only packs a chocolatey punch, but it's also an excellent source of fiber, iron, antioxidants, and magnesium. A small dose of peppermint adds a light burst of flavor to the bar that can also aid in digestion and provide headache relief.

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ens of thousands of Houston Independent School District students returned to classrooms with an unparalleled amount of support during historically challenging times.

Among the supports — enhanced safety protocols, a virtual learning academy for vulnerable students, wraparound services specialists assigned to every school, emergency food pantries, and certified comfort dogs designed to aid students in crisis.

All these supports are designed to ensure students feel safe and ready to learn.

“As the largest school district in Texas, we are welcoming hundreds of thousands of students to school” HISD Superintendent Millard House II said. “That is why we implemented our Ready, Set, Go! Plan to ensure a safe return to school for students and staff.”

As the 2021-2022 school year begins, masks are required in all HISD classrooms, buildings, and buses regardless of vaccination status. HISD also will continue to clean and disinfect classrooms and encourage physical distancing of at least three feet indoors as space allows.

The district has expanded the Wraparound Services department, assigning at least one specialist to almost every campus. These specialists work directly with students to identify and meet their basic needs so they can focus on learning rather than food, clothing, and shelter concerns.

HISD also is launching 50 emergency food pantries through the

Souper Bowl of Caring initiative. Data shows 25 percent of Houston youth experience hunger when they are not in school. The pantries will be open to anyone in need, even those who don’t have students attending HISD schools.

In partnership with HISD Police and Social Emotional Learning, the Pet Assisted Wellness Support Program — dubbed PAWS — will address students’ grief, stress, and anxiety associated with COVID-19 and other difficult situations. This program utilizes three comfort dogs trained to provide comfort and support to students in crisis.

For the district’s most vulnerable students, HISD is launching a virtual instruction option for the fall semester. Starting Monday, August 30, the Virtual Academy will be available for eligible students who are too young to be vaccinated (11 and under) who have a compromised immune system.

Additionally, HISD is also incentivizing vaccinations for HISD staff. The Board of Education recently approved a $500 stipend for all vaccinated employees, as well as additional COVID-19 leave time for vaccinated individuals who become sick.

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S.L.A.B stands for spicy, loud, and bangin’! at Sticky’s Chicken

hen meeting new people, you should never ask, “So, what do you do for work?”. I ask one simple and impactful question, “So what did you eat today?”. I had the pleasure of asking King Borris of the kB Experiment podcast this question, just to find out that he is as passionate about food as he is about criminal justice! You guys, I found a new foodie friend to add to my foodie family. Not only did he suggest the restaurant, but he did the infamous foodie description of what he ate.

After listening to King Borris talk about his dinner, he gave us directions that brought us to Sticky’s Chicken. Sticky’s Chicken is a Houston-owned restaurant that serves a variety of chicken dinners. From wings to sliders to loaded fries, there are so many options. However, with trust from my new foodie friend, we tried the chicken over rice with a runny egg. As simple as that sounds, it’s a symphony in your mouth. The dish consists of sautéed chicken over garlic fried rice topped with sticky’s sauce, aioli, and green onion. Once we had it, I understood why King Borris was so serious about us trying it out. We also tried the French fry cousin of the chicken over rice, Sticky’s Stix with a runny egg. Both dishes were so delicious.

The coolest thing they let you do is get a couple of wings with your meal for a few extra dollars. One of the guys there suggested the S.L.A.B Wings. S.L.A.B stands for spicy, loud, and bangin’! They are exactly that, I promise. These decadent wings are tossed in a honey sriracha sauce with a side of ranch to cool it down. Sticky’s Chicken was everything King Borris lead us to believe.

As we waited for our food at Sticky’s, we stepped next door to Awesome Bites Co., an artisan vegan bake and ice cream shop. We walked in and were met by some of the most interesting ice cream flavors like Lavender Earl Grey and Every Day is Awesome (vanilla). The Lavender Earl Grey was such a relaxing flavor. While trying the ice cream out, my “partner in food”/mom, asked,

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“Do y’all have chocolate chip cookies?” To our surprise, they had something that struck our attention, the Compost Cookie. This cookie has white and semi-sweet chocolate chips, allergy-friendly pretzels, and potato chips. Sounds wild but it’s absolutely delightful. The sunflower butter cookies were also AWESOME AF (Allergy-Friendly) Check out these awesome spots at Houston’s Sawyer Yard and don’t forget to ask someone “What did you eat today?”

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