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Volume 33 | Number 03

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Jesse Jackson

Best Outcome Would Be For Children To Be Safe In School

SIXTY-FIVE YEARS LATER: WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TO VOTE

Maya Angelou

Becomes The First Black Woman On US Quarter

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COMMENTARY

BEST OUTCOME WOULD BE FOR CHILDREN TO BE BACK IN SCHOOL AND SAFE T

By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer

he shutdown of Chicago public schools - the third largest school district in the country with 350,000 students - is headed into its second week. Everyone involved - the mayor, the school district officials, the teachers, the parents - agree that remote learning is bad for students and for parents, particularly those from lower income families. Everyone agrees that the best outcome would be for children to be back in school and safe. And there is where the problem arises. The teachers are objecting because they don't believe the students, or the teachers and staff will be safe. As a union statement released on Sunday stated, the desire to be in the classroom "must be balanced by ensuring those classrooms are safe, healthy and well resourced, with proper mitigation to reduce the spread of COVID-19." Surely that is right. Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants the schools open, arguing that "We can't forget about how disruptive that remote learning process is to individual parents who have to work, who can't afford the luxury of staying home." Surely that is right. And we know that children from parents that must work fare far less well than those from more affluent families in remote learning situations. The crisis is forced not by the teachers but by the pandemic - as Omicron is spiking, driving cases in Chicago to record levels. It isn't surprising that parents and teachers and school staff would be concerned about how safe the schools are. Safety requires resources. KN95 masks must be available to all students, teachers and staff. Antigen tests must be readily available. Vaccination should be universal. Ventilation and air purification must be built into classrooms. Space for adequate distancing is needed. Nurses need to be available to drive

testing and tracking and treat those who are ill The mayor argues that schools are safe -- $100 million has been spent on air purification. The school district promised to provide 30,000 screening tests per week. More than 90 percent of the staff has been vaccinated. Yet, teachers and parents still have every reason to be concerned -- 240,000 students are not vaccinated. School officials erred badly in the failed effort to test students over winter break. Dr. Allison Arwady, the city's public health commissioner, says she's "extremely comfortable" with students learning inside schools, but then says she considers the threat posed by Omicron for children to be "similar to flu," an attitude no teacher at risk could share. The federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention has advised schools to avoid closures by using a protocol known as "test to stay," in which close contacts of those who test positive are given two antigen tests in a week, with those who test positive required to quarantine at home. But before the walkout, Chicago - like many urban school districts - admitted it didn't have nearly enough tests to achieve this. Recent reports say the round-theclock negotiations have produced some progress. The district pledged to supply KN95 masks for all students and teachers and staff. The state of Illinois promised to supply 350,000 antigen tests, still not enough but a start. There has been no agreement, apparently, on the standards - or metrics to use the formal term - for closing schools. What percentage of students testing positive will lead to going to remote learning? In some affluent suburban schools, a 10 percent positive rate has triggered a closing. Some urban schools have stayed open with rates more than double that. The spiking of the pandemic exposes the abiding inequality of our schools. All

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot addresses news media about COVID-19 and Chicago Public Schools. (AP Photos) schools need nurses to administer tests and track the disease. All schools need janitors and staff able to clean the schools each night. Not surprisingly, affluent school districts have far greater access to what's needed than Chicago's schools. A resolution to this crisis is needed and needed fast. While the schools must do more, so must the parents. Parents need to take more personal responsibility. They should be vaccinated and they should ensure that their children are vaccinated. The mayor and the teachers union have taken too much of the burden on themselves. They should open up the table to include representatives from the governor's office, principals, janitors, parents. They need to forge an agreement on the minimum standards needed to keep children and teachers safe - and schools open. If this requires more resources, surely the city, state and the federal government should step up. We know children should be in school, only if they and their teachers can be safe. Now

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it is time to act to get that done. There is a pattern of race and class discrimination. Students and parents deserve equal protection under the law now. The state must step up to the plate to have an even playing field between the haves and have nots. The parents must do five things: -Take your child to school -Meet your child's teacher -Exchange numbers -Turn the TV off three hours a night -Pick up your child's report card every nine weeks. jjackson@rainbowpush.org. Follow him on Twitter @RevJJackson

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NATIONAL: MCDONALD'S TO PAY BLACK STORE OWNER $33.5 MILLION TO END BIAS SUIT By Shanique Yates, www.AfroTech.com

Herb Washington

wo It’s genuinely cheaper not to be racist. Herb Washington once owned 27 McDonald’s restaurants, and now he will receive $33.5 million from the corporation after a recent lawsuit. As previously reported by AfroTech, Washington took the fastfood giant to court following what he alleges was a string of racially charged motives to keep him from excelling as a Black franchisee. Now, REVOLT reports that the chain has agreed to the amount citing that “discrimination has no place at McDonald’s.” They also noted that $33.5 million was a “fair price for the value of the restaurants” after reports came out that Washington was asked to not only drop the racial discrimination

lawsuit but to leave his 13 McDonald’s businesses behind. The Lawsuit Washington — who is also a former Major League Baseball player for the Oakland A’s — first filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court located in Youngstown, OH back in February. It was then that he made allegations that McDonald’s Corp. denied him and other Black franchisees the opportunity to purchase restaurants in affluent areas while also treating white owners more favorably. “By relegating Black owners to the oldest stores in the toughest neighborhoods, McDonald’s ensured that Black franchisees would never achieve the levels of success that White fran-

chisees could expect,” said the lawsuit. “Black franchisees must spend more to operate their stores while white franchisees get to realize the full benefit of their labors.” The Problem Aside from Washington’s claims, more than 50 former Black McDonald’s franchise owners were forced to sell around 200 stores, per reports made by REVOLT. The claims align with exactly what Washington implies is the case when it came to him as a Black owner. Per Washington’s findings, the discriminatory practices encountered by himself and other Black franchisees caused a $700,000 sales gap between Black-owned franchises and whiteowned McDonald’s franchises.

Just recently the company made a pledge to launch an initiative that would recruit new franchise owners from underrepresented communities along with providing them with $250 million over the span of five years to help with the cost of purchasing a restaurant.

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NATIONAL: MAYA ANGELOU BECOMES FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO APPEAR ON US QUARTER By Sarah Fortinsky and Devan Cole, www.CNN.com

The U.S. Mint has begun rolling out quarters which feature writer, poet and activist Maya Angelou, the first Black woman to appear on the coin.

new US quarter featuring the late Maya Angelou went into circulation Monday, the US Mint announced, making the legendary poet and activist the first Black woman ever to appear on the coin. The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will include coins featuring prominent women in American history. Other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through 2025, the Mint said in a release on Monday. "Each time we redesign our currency, we have the chance to say something about our country -- what we value, and how we've progressed as a society," Treasury Secretary Jan-

et Yellen said in a separate statement. "I'm very proud that these coins celebrate the contributions of some of America's most remarkable women, including Maya Angelou." The new coin still features George Washington's visage on the "heads" side, while the "tails" side honors Angelou by evoking one of her most famous works, the autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Lawmakers cheered the release of the new coin on Monday and credited Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, with the achievement. Lee introduced the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, which passed in January 2021 and ultimately paved the way for the creation of these

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new coins. "The phenomenal women who shaped American history have gone unrecognized for too long -- especially women of color," Lee said in a tweet. "Proud to have led this bill to honor their legacies." The US Mint invited the public to submit names of women they view as American icons. The bureau welcomed entries of women known for their work in civil rights, science and the arts, among other areas, with an emphasis on women from "ethnically, racially and geographically diverse backgrounds." The only requirement was that the women who appear on the coins must be deceased. The agency will issue four

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other quarters this year, with the others honoring Sally Ride, an astronaut who was the first American woman in space; Asian American actress Anna May Wong; Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller and suffragette and politician Nina Otero-Warren.

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NATIONAL: SIDNEY POITIER CHANGED BLACKNESS IN THE EYES OF A GENERATION OF BLACK PEOPLE By Curtis Bunn, www.NBCNews.com

Sidney Poitier in front of the Apollo Theater in New York on Jan. 14, 1959. Sam Falk / The New York Times via Redux

avid A. Washington said he remembered the moment he became a Sidney Poitier fan. He was about 11, watching "In the Heat of the Night" with his grandfather. He recalled the movie just being "all right" until Poitier "backhand slapped a white man," Washington recalled. "Once the white man slapped him and he slapped him back, with no hesitation, I was like, ‘Wow.’ I had never seen that before," Washington said. "I remember feeling surprised, but it made me feel good that he didn’t take it. He had done many films before then. But that was the first one I saw and I was his No. 1 fan after that. I eventually saw almost all of his films." It was not the violence that enthralled Washington, he said. “I was growing up in Augusta, Georgia, and it was the 1960s. All I had seen in my life was Black people being put down — sometimes physically. To see Sidney Poitier do this on film, in a movie, it was saying, ‘We’re men, too, and you can’t just do anything to us.’ For me at that impressionable time in my life, it meant a lot.” That sentiment about the power of Poitier’s career resounded around the country Friday as it mourned the death of one of America’s iconic film stars at 94. For many Black people, his

films went beyond entertainment. The roles he played during a time of discrimination and vast inequalities infused Black people, who had mostly seen demeaning roles in movies and television, with pride and hope that would ultimately lead to a change and diversity in the film industry. “I am one of those growing up who was able to see a strong, positive Black man on the screen whose roles were powerful and sent the message that Black people matter, that we are to be respected,” sociologist Rodney Coates, a professor of critical race and ethnic studies at Miami University in Ohio, said. “It seemed every one of his movies was 30 years ahead of its time. You just did not see Black actors in lead roles, standing up for themselves, which was also standing up for Black people. And he did this at a time when they were lynching Black people, having dogs attack them, sprayed with water hoses on the streets. “Before, there were few actors who stood up and said, ‘I am a Black man and I matter.’ That’s powerful. That’s the man we lost.” Gerald Early, the pop culture essayist who teaches in the African and African American studies department of Washington University in St. Louis, said Poitier followed Paul Robe-

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son, who also played strong roles as a Black actor from the 1920s through the 1940s. “Robeson was a very important figure to Poitier, but even he was sometimes compromised in some of the roles he played,” Early said. “Poitier came along and played really dramatic, serious roles that really put the Black actor in a much better light, playing dramatic roles about race and was a dignified figure.” Poitier’s first major role was in a 1950 film called “No Way Out” in which he played a Black doctor in a white hospital accused of malpractice by a white family. “A huge breakthrough role, a Black man playing a doctor,” Early said. “Poitier was very careful throughout his career about picking roles that he thought would bring respect to Black people and make Black people feel good about the actors they were seeing on the screen instead of feeling ashamed.” Poitier’s legendary career includes scenes like in “In the Heat of the Night,” when he commanded respect by telling a racist sheriff in Mississippi, “They call me Mr. Tibbs.” “That kind of stuff was extremely important,” Early said. “And because of it Poitier was tremendously esteemed by the Black community for

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the kind of breakthroughs that he made as a Black actor in films.” Natasha Tash Gray, a television executive producer and writer, said she was made aware of Poitier’s stature through her grandmother, as they watched “In the Heat of the Night” together. “I asked her in 2002 why she liked him and she said, ‘He is a man of dignity.’ That stuck with me,” she said. Even 35 years after the film’s premiere, “she still had this feeling about him.” “And for me, although he was way before my time,” Gray added, “I look at Sidney Poitier as someone who brought about three-dimensional characters, portraying Black people as people and not caricatures. So knowing that it’s been done during a time that was so much harder, so much worse, with so much more to lose, you believe, why can’t I do it?” Coates added: “You can look back over Poitier’s career, and I can’t remember one role where I shook my head and said, ‘Damn. I guess he had to get paid.’ He was not about that, and that legacy is as strong as you can get.”

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LOCAL: HOUSTON NATIVE SERVES AT NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jerry Jimenez, Navy Office of Community Outreach

Petty Officer 1st Class Kendrick Pope

etty Officer 1st Class Kendrick Pope, a native of Houston, Texas, is serving with the U.S. Navy’s cutting-edge maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft squadron in Oak Harbor, Washington. Pope joined the Navy 11 years ago. Today, Pope serves as an intelligence specialist. Pope serves with Maritime Patrol Squadron Forty-Seven, a high-tech maritime patrol and reconnaissance squadron tasked with monitoring the world’s oceans in the state-of-the-art P-8A “Poseidon.” Pope attended Lawrence E. Elkins High School and graduated in 2009. Today, Pope uses skills and values similar to those found in Houston. “I learned about order and discipline,” said Pope. These lessons have helped Pope 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 operator’s ability to efficiently conduct anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Serving in the Navy means Pope 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. “It maintains freedom of air and seas,” said Pope. 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.” Pope and other sailors have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their military service. “I'm most proud of getting my Master Training Specialist qualification," said Pope. "It's becoming an instructor and being able to pass lessons I have learned to people coming behind me. It's really shaping other people.” As Pope and other sailors continue to train and perform the missions to support national defense, they take pride in serving their country in the United States Navy. “It means having the opportunity to really affect the world,” added Pope.

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SIXTY-FIVE YEARS LATER WE ARE STILL FIGHTING TO VOTE By Jo-Carolyn Goode - www.StyleMagazine.com

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n 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an historic speech to advocate for the voting rights of African Americans in the United States. Calling the denial of African Americans’ right to vote a “tragic betrayal of the highest mandates of our democratic tradition,” Dr. King laid out what would happen if African Americans could vote. Below are excerpts from his “Give Us the Ballot” speech. "Give us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights. Give us the ballot, and we will no longer plead to the federal government for passage of an anti-lynching law; we will by the power of our vote write the law on the statute books of the South and bring an end to the dastardly acts of the hooded perpetrators of violence. Give us the ballot, and we will transform the salient misdeeds of bloodthirsty mobs into the calculated good deeds of orderly citizens. Give us the ballot, and we will fill our legislative halls with men of goodwill and send to the sacred halls of Congress men who will not sign a “Southern Manifesto” because of their devotion to the manifesto of justice.

Give us the ballot, and we will place judges on the benches of the South who will do justly and love mercy, and we will place at the head of the southern states governors who will, who have felt not only the tang of the human, but the glow of the Divine. Give us the ballot, and we will quietly and nonviolently, without rancor or bitterness, implement the Supreme Court’s decision of May seventeenth, 1954." Looking back on Dr. King’s words and the accomplishments of African Americans we have achieved some of what Dr. King spoke about. We have filled the legislative halls with men of goodwill like that of Barack Obama, Elijah Cummings, Al Green, Sylvester Turner, Rodney Ellis, and Garnet Coleman. We have also put in some good women Kamala Harris, Sheila Jackson Lee, Maxine Waters, and Senfronia Thompson. We have representation on the bench Vanessa Gilmore, Nikita Harmon, Erica Hughes, Toni Wallace, Kali Morgan, and Latosha Clayton-McGill. We have made these while nonviolently marching for justice, freedom, and victory over those things that suppress us. It is hard to celebrate the good things African

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American have overcome since there are still so many issues, he talked about that we are still fighting for today. We are still fighting for the “most weighty social problem of this nation,” the right to vote. Some legislators are pulling out all the tricks to make it harder for minorities to vote touting that they are doing it to protect the right to vote when it only suppresses it. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the voter suppression bill (SB1) into law late last year and it went into effect on January 1, 2022. The new bill attacking voter rights will be most felt by those in Black and Brown communities. The new voter suppression law reverses a lot of the practices that made voting so accessible and convenient for those in Harris County in 2020. Drive thru voting is banned. Twenty-four-hour polling places are banned. The act of sending an application to vote to someone who doesn’t ask for one by any elected official is not only banned but the accused could face jail time. Voters must show their driver license or know the last four of their social security. Poll watchers now have free range in polling places. All of this is not right and seem like modern day “Jim Crow laws.” “The Civil Rights Division is committed to pro

tecting the fundamental right to vote for all Americans,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in November 2021 at the announcement of the lawsuit filed against Texas to protect voting rights. “Laws that impair eligible citizens’ access to the ballot box have no place in our democracy. Texas Senate Bill 1’s restrictions on voter assistance at the polls and on which absentee ballots cast by eligible voters can be accepted by election officials are unlawful and indefensible.” According to most Republicans SB1 was needed in Texas to protect the integrity of the vote claiming voter fraud for past elections. They said even after the Texas Attorney General allegedly spent over 22,000 hours searching for evidence of voter fraud and found little to no evidence supporting actual fraud. Dr. King knew then what is still needed now. He said in the tragic break down of law and order, strong, aggressive leadership is needed. Recall how Texas Democratic legislators joined together as a strong united front to stand up to voter restrictions. For over 30 days, they broke quorum and headed to Washington, DC to try to get some support. Just like Dr. King was often threaten with being thrown in jail and even going to jail on his stance for injustice. Texas lawmakers were threatened with jail time if they didn’t return to session. Sadly, being handcuffed to protect the law is not something that is foreign to them. In times like these, Dr. King said, “each of us must keep faith in the future. Let us not despair. Let us realize that as we struggle for justice and freedom, we have cosmic companionship.” He continued, “Keep going today. (Yes sir) Keep moving amid every obstacle. Keep moving amid every mountain of opposition.”

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressing crowd of demonstrators outside the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963. Francis Miller/The LIFE Picture Collection—Getty Images On the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday we at Houston Style hope that you keep the flame of justice burning within you to help stop these tactics to take away our vote. Write to your representatives. File a petition. Go and out and vote in every election. Do your part in the fight. Together we can and will win. “When that happens, “the morning stars will

sing together, and the sons of God will shout for joy,’ said Dr. King.

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LOCAL: CONGRESSMAN AL GREEN PROUDLY STANDS FOR PASSAGE OF NATIONAL VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION By www.StyleMagazine.com

Congressman Al Green

n Tuesday, January 11, 2022, Congressman Al Green (TX-09)

released the statement below following the U.S. President and Vice President’s remarks in Atlanta, GA advocating for voting rights: “S.2747 The Freedom to Vote Act and H.R. 4 The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act are both crucial pieces of

legislation that are currently at an impasse in the Senate. Both need to pass without deleterious filibustering to preserve our constitutional right to safe, free, and fair elections. Indeed, as Vice President Harris said in her speech, accepting voting restrictions currently in place as normal is dangerous. Complacency with a status quo hostile to voting rights subverts democracy and the founding principles upon which our nation was built. This is why sweeping voting rights legislation must move forward,” Congressman Al Green stated. “The Freedom to Vote Act includes major reforms of voter registration standards, makes Election Day a public federal holiday, and requires any entity that spends more than $10,000 in an election to disclose its major donors. Among other provisions, it also requires that states ensure the lines to vote last no longer than 30 minutes and increases protections for local election administrators. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act restores the previously eviscerated Section 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This area of the law concerned itself with the procedure determining which states must comply with preclearance. Preclearance refers to the practice of having states with a history of voting rights violations obtain federal approval of any voting-related provisions prior to enacting them into law. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would restore preclearance

and reign in states that have a history of discriminatory practices, such as Texas, to ensure that the will and power of all eligible voters across the country are not undermined.” Congressman Al Green, who has long been a champion for voting rights in the state of Texas and across the country, concluded, “I firmly agree with President Biden who expressed a desire to eliminate the filibuster. After repeated obstruction of the constitutional right to vote, which forms the bedrock of our democracy, filibuster reform is without a doubt necessary and overdue. This archaic Senate rule has been exploited over time to force the will of a minority upon the majority, as is happening now with voting rights. I look forward to continue working with my colleagues in the House and Senate, Vice President Harris, and President Biden to ensure that voting rights for Americans are protected at all costs.”

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LOCAL: DISTRICT ATTORNEY OGG REQUESTS MORE PROSECUTORS TO COMBAT COUNTY-WIDE VIOLENT CRIME By www.StyleMagazine.com

District Attorney Kim Ogg

ational Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg appeared before county commissioners Tuesday to request additional funding for 82 new prosecutors in 2022. Ogg seeks additional staffing to address three “crime drivers” spiking Harris County’s homicide and criminal victimization rates: repeat violent offenders, domestic violence and gang crime. “As the authority charged with both the administration of equal justice and the protection of public safety,” Ogg said, “the District Attorney’s Office plays a criti-

cal role in assisting police and prosecuting every (non-federal) criminal case in Harris County.” With 134,800 pending criminal cases, Ogg says that the backlog of serious cases, especially those involving violence, should not languish. To support her request, Ogg cited three recent studies recommending additional prosecutors. Two of those studies were funded by Commissioners Court and one by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. “Because Harris County has the lowest num-

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ber of prosecutors per capita in America’s major cities, Harris County commissioners must add more prosecutors to meet the public safety needs of the 5 million people they represent.” Ogg and other county leaders were asked to present their departmental budget proposals to the Commissioners Court, the funding body responsible for all Harris County departments and services. The four commissioners and county judge are scheduled to vote January 25 on the county’s 2022 budget. Because of a planned change in Harris County’s fiscal year, this year’s budget will end August 31. “The District Attorney’s Office is key to public safety measures totaling more than $10 million already adopted by the commissioners, including their violence interruption program, the targeted criminal hotspot strategy and even City Council’s recent approval of ShotSpotter,” Ogg said of the gunshot-detection system. “Without a sufficient number of prosecutors to handle the anticipated increase in criminal cases solved and filed, these programs will not make the public safer because a large percentage of offenders will be released on bail. The more violent repeat offenders released to the street while awaiting trial, the more violent crime will be inflicted on innocent people.” More prosecutors would also permanently staff DA Intake, the 24/7, 365-daysper-year division in which prosecutors assist

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more than 13,000 police officers from 87 law enforcement agencies by reviewing evidence and filing criminal charges. As part of her presentation, Ogg listed some of the major accomplishments of the District Attorney’s Office during the past five years, including: • An increase of service to crime victims from assisting approximately 2,300 people in 2017 to approximately 19,000 in 2021. • The diversion of more than 4,400 mentally ill, non-violent offenders to treatment instead of jail from 2018 to 2021, reducing recidivism by nearly 50 percent. • The collection and distribution of $30 million in restitution for crime victims since January 2017. • The diversion of approximately 20,000 drug offenders in low-level marijuana cases to case conclusions which do not leave them with criminal records. • The continuation of quality prosecutorial services without interruption by essential employees through Hurricane Harvey, the pandemic and the freeze.

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hether you were out bided on every home you liked or you never found the right fit because of limited inventory, you probably encountered a few challenges if you tried to buy a home last year. Now that the new year is here, are you thinking about continuing your search? No matter what the market looks like in 2022, we can work together to find the right home for you. To start, take these four steps to prepare for a successful experience, and reach out when you’re ready. 1. Stick to a budget. Tighten those purse strings and start funneling away as much money as possible for your closing costs, down payment, and other expenses. Typically, the higher your down payment is, the easier it is to get a mortgage loan. 2. Work on your credit. Increasing your credit score can help you get a lower mortgage rate, which means a more affordable home purchase on the whole. Try to pay down some debts and set your bills to autopay. Both steps may help you improve your score. 3. Consider where you might compromise. Sometimes compromising on a few nice-to-haves can help you find a home within your price range. Could you settle for three bedrooms instead of

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lenders, ask questions, and consider getting preapproved for your loan before starting your search in the new year. Make sure to keep in touch as you get ready to begin house-hunting. And if you need guidance on lenders, mortgage options or local market trends, reach out anytime.

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HEALTH: HARRIS COUNTY WILL SPEND $41.5 MILLION TO HIRE HUNDREDS OF NURSES By Matt Harab / Andrew Schneider, www.HoustonPublicMedia.com

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n Harris County leaders voted unanimously to spend $41.5 million to hire 664 new nurses in an effort to alleviate hospital worker burnout caused by the pandemic. County commissioners met in emergency session Tuesday to approve the funding, along with $1.8 million to buy tens

of thousands of COVID-19 test kits. Hospitals are seeing a rise in COVID-19 patients along with strained staffing due to workers getting sick themselves, creating what Hidalgo called “a perfect storm” for worker burnout. "There is staff burnout,” Hidalgo

said. “There are some hospitals reporting up to 20% turnover from burnout. And then there is staff illnesses with COVID.” Hidalgo said the extra nurses would be spread across various hospitals across the county, including Saint Luke's, Harris Health, HCA Houston, Houston Methodist, Memorial Hermann, Saint Joseph's, Texas Children's, and Women's Hospital of Texas. Local officials say roughly 34% of people seeking a COVID-19 test in Greater Houston are testing positive, the highest positivity rate ever recorded in the region. Texas Medical Center hospitals saw a nearly 50% increase in new COVID cases last week, averaging 13,500 each day. Daily COVID hospitalizations at Texas Medical Center hospitals also saw record numbers last week, with an average of 497 a day. That's up from an average of 68 daily COVID hospitalizations in December 2021. While hospital officials say omicron cases are generally less severe than delta, Harris County hospitals just saw their highest one-day jump in ICU admissions during this current surge. At the end of the day on Monday, 395 COVID patients were

in need of intensive care. On Tuesday, that number jumped up to 467 COVID patients in Harris County ICUs, which means almost 30% of intensive care unit beds in Harris County are now occupied by COVID patients. Dr. Anna Maria Macaluso Davidson, with Memorial Hermann Hospital, said any extra workers hired by the county will provide a welcome respite to overworked staff. The hospital is managing the current patient load well for now, Davidson said, but the hospital is seeing a steady stream of COVID patients. “It’s helpful to have that extra staff to support our normal operations, and then also to give staff that’s been working — and maybe working overtime — let them have the time to kind of recoup and be ready to come back,” Davidson said.

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ENTERTAINMENT: MISS EARTH USA ANNOUNCES 2022 WINNER NATALIA SALMON OF PENNSYLVANIA By Vincent L. Hall, Texas Metro News

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iss Earth USA announces their newly crowned 2022 winner. The much-anticipated title went to Miss Pennsylvania Earth, Natalia Salmon. As part of her coronation, the winner pledges to raise awareness about environmental issues and advocate for more sustainable

living throughout her reign as the 2022 titleholder. Natalia works as an Asset Services Intern at Cushman and Wakefield. She is the founder of Squad Limitless, an organization dedicated to working with children and young adults

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to empower them to discover their true identities and realize their full potential via developing their emotional intelligence. Natalia has set-up free, downloadable age-specific workbooks that guides user on this discovery process. In addition, she is a certified Climate Reality Leader, a LEED Green Associate Certification, and a Crisis Text Counselor. Natalia has logged 900 hours of community service with many organizations including Habitat for Humanity, Hands on DC, and has participated in many local park clean ups. “I am over the moon, and I still have no words. I have so many plans ahead especially to continue growing Squad Limitless and fighting for climate change. Just trying to bring the world together in a more peaceful way,” says Natalia. “Working with the Miss Earth USA organization has been the best experience and the group of women I competed with have been incredible. I would give every single one of them this crown.” Natalia succeeds last year's winner and Miss Earth Air 2021, Marisa Butler. In Fall 2022, she will represent the USA at the international Miss Earth competition based in the Philippines. Miss Earth is recognized as one of the largest and most respected pageants in the world. The first runner up and winner of the Miss Earth USA Air title went to Faith Porter of District of Columbia. The remaining Elemental

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Queen titles went to Brielle Simmons – Miss Earth USA Water, Hannah Welborn-Lewis – Miss Earth USA Fire, and Emma Loney – Miss Earth USA Eco. The 2022 Miss Earth USA activities and competition were held January 6-8 at the Orange County Convention Center with the preliminary rounds being hosted by the Rosen Centre Hotel. Delegates from fifty States and District of Columbia competed in the prestigious pageant including activewear, runway, and eveningwear preliminaries, followed by the final judging and final coronation. Presented by AquaGoat, the Miss Earth USA final coronation was broadcast live on the VIP Pageantry channel. Other sponsors for the event include HOTWORX, Beauty Queens Galore, and Queenly. Additional events during the week included a charity gala benefitting Save the Manatee, Central Florida Animal Reserve, and Seal Society of San Diego, and a presentation of a new national crown designed by Andrew Ibos.

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CULTURE: THE COMMUNITY ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE By Kathleen Coleman, Art & Entertainment Editor - www.StyleMagazine.com

he Community Artists’ Collective welcomes the new year with “Wisdom and Hope,” the creative offerings of local artists Hardy Allen, Daniel Tesfai, and Zymora Eikner. The exhibition opens January 21, and a reception will be on Saturday, January 22, from 3 to 5 p.m. at The Collective, 4101 San Jacinto, Suite 116. The exhibition continues through February 26. Eikner’s paintings reflect her fond memories of spending time on her grandpa’s tobacco farm in Virginia and scenes of wheat fields with mountains in the background. The retired public-school teacher plans to paint even more memories when she settles in her new home in a local senior facility. “A 4” Christmas poinsettia in an 8” pot that I nurtured for four years grew into a plant as high as my house,” she said. “Unfortunately, it didn’t survive the freeze last year,” she lamented, “but I have a photograph that I can use to paint it.” Allen’s highly detailed art, rendered in charcoal and graphite, recalls significant scenes from his boyhood and family. Allen also retired, studied under

John Biggers at Texas Southern University for one year, and is grateful for what he learned. Biggers encouraged him to pay attention to details and invest time creating his piece. “Biggers said we could all paint the same picture, but each would be different. It means to me that no other artist can do what I do,” Allen explained. The youngest trio, Tesfai, a lifelong artist, studied art at TSU. His acrylic on canvas paintings speaks to the gentrification of cultures that easily survive Western civilization. “Some cultures are being swallowed,” he said, “and we dismiss them because we don’t understand them. “Art is a medium which gives those cultures a voice and the hope to live on.” For more information about the exhibit, contact The Collective at 713523-1616

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CULINARY: HEALING WITH FOOD AND HERBS By Alex Jack, Food Writer - wwww.StyleMagazine.com

y first encounter with herbal healing was when I was a little Frenchman, as my uncle called me, and we visited my cousins in Elton, Louisiana. I was sick with a cold and all I can remember was a log in a pot. I drank it, within a few hours, my cold healed. I am sure it was magic, but it always sparked curiosity in herbal medicines. Over the past few years, I have had the privilege of being able to explore this curiosity with my herbalist and the owner of Nisha's Butters, Nisha Spruell Jack. Nisha is the product of ancestral healing. Her grandmother, who passed at 106 years old, was a community healer. When Nisha was young, she suffered from digestive issues that ultimately were found out to be tumors on both sides of her intestines. Her grandmother healed her with herbs and food. Nisha's Butter's was born because of a need to create affordable hair care products for herself. We all know how expensive hair care is for black hair can be. She saw the ingredients on the bottle and had 60% of the ingredients and begin the journey to making hair care products from home. Nisha's butters have evolved to include shea butters in many scents and apothecary products. When it comes to shea butter, we know that it helps the skin. Native to West Africa, Shea butter is anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, promotes cell regeneration, relieves congestions, and so much more. It is packed with fatty acids and vi-

tamins A, E, and F to promote circulation and skin cell growth. She started creating the butters for her husband, who suffered from eczema. Nisha's butters come in scents like Orange Ginger, Cederman, Lemon-lime, and my favorite, rose spice. In modern times we seldom use the word apothecary because we use the word pharmacist. An apothecary consults and mixes herbs, oils, and other things to heal your body. They also tell you how long it may take to see results and foods to eat. Nisha consults with people to get them healed. One of my favorite products that she makes is her Ashwagandha tincture. I live eat and breath by this product. As someone that been vocal about my dealings with anxiety and depression for many years, Nisha's ashwagandha tincture helped me focus and feel calm. She carries elderberry tincture as well. With the state of the world today, elderberry is a herb that has been become a household name and has been adopted by big businesses. Nisha's tinctures were made in a small batch with care, no sugars, preservatives, and cured under her watch. Tinctures connect to the body on a cellular level to heal quickly Nisha's Butters also have teas. The easiest way to introduce herbs into the system is with teas. Nisha explains that it gets to the cellular level where it begins to help you get and stay healthy. The respiratory tea includes horehound, wild cherry bark, mullein, skullcap, echinacea, and marshmallow leaf. She also has an immune tea that is best for full-body protection. Her women balance

Nisha's Tea and Butters Photo Courtesy of Nisha Spruell Jack tea is also great because it helps with hot flashes and mood instability. Despite running away from her calling for a long time, Nisha is a healer. She has assisted in healing her mother and husband who both dealt with cancer. I can even say she has assisted in my healing as well. It is empowering to be able to put your healing into your hand. So as we proceed into this new year, for many of us, health is at the top of the list. Holistic healing is a way of life that is making a necessary comeback. Food is healing. Being conscious about what we eat is important. To

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H Houston ISD Board of Trustee Swearing-In Ceremony H On January 11, 2022, the Houston ISD Board of Education Trustees took the oath of office from State Rep. Alma Allen. Kendall Baker (District VI) and Bridget Wade (District VII) joined HISD Board President Patricia Allen (District IV), trustees Elizabeth Santos (District I), Kathy Blueford-Daniels (District II), Dani Hernandez (District III), Sue Dimenn Deigaard (District V), Judith Cruz (District VIII), and Myrna Guidry (District IX) for the ceremony. HISD also honored outgoing trustees Anne Sung and Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca for their service.

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William P. Hobby Airport has just scored a prestigious 5-Star Airport status in the Skytrax World Airport Star Rating for 2022. That makes Hobby the first airport in Texas, the U.S., and North America — and one of just 16 airports across the world — to land the 5-star rating. In attendance at the celebration was Mario Diaz, Director of the Houston Airport System, Mayor Slyvester Turner, Council Member Martha Castex-Tatum, and Edward Plaisted of Skytraxm, and Lilliana Rambo. A huge thank you to Houston Airports employees & partners for their tireless work and dedication in making Hobby Airport the BEST!

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