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John Lewis – A Founding Father Of American Democracy
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John Lewis – A Founding Father Of American Democracy By Jesse Jackson, National Political Writer
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hen John Lewis left us, editorials and columns paid tribute to his leadership, his courage, his moral example. The praise was well deserved. A broader context helps understand his true contribution. John Lewis was born one of 10 children of a sharecropper in Troy, Alabama. He should be remembered now as one of the founding fathers of American democracy. When he led that famous march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in 1965, America was not yet a full democracy. Yes, a brutal civil war had been fought to end the scourge of slavery. Nearly a century later, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board that segregation - legal apartheid - was a violation of the Constitution. Yet, in 1965, blacks still had no right to vote. Their efforts to register and vote were routinely suppressed, often violently throughout the South. The same was true for Latinos, for Asian Americans. Young people could serve in the military but had no right to vote. At Selma, John Lewis walked with amazing courage into mounted police blocking the way. He was beaten badly in the police riot that followed, fearing for his very life. That scene outraged a nation. Two weeks later, Lyndon Johnson pledged that “We shall overcome” and introduced what became the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into Congress. That Act outlawed discrimination in the right to vote by race, color, or language minority status. After that Act, young people received the right to vote. Women’s rights were expanded.
Full American democracy was born. John Lewis was a true hero, but he did not act alone. As he would always teach, he found his place in the civil rights movement that had been building when he was a young child. Thurgood Marshall spearheaded the legal strategy that ended with the Brown decision in the Supreme Court. Rosa Parks sat on that bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and was arrested for ignoring white-only rules. Her courage and sacrifice drew Dr. Martin Luther King to the struggle in Montgomery. King’s organizing drew the attention of a young John Lewis in Troy, Alabama. John Lewis was a leader, but he was more workhorse than show horse. Show horses preen to win the blue ribbon and the applause of the crowd. Workhorses pull the wagon -and get the job done. John Lewis with his quiet courage and his forceful moral vision pulled people with him. Elected to Congress, he put the Congress on his shoulders and tried by example and by organizing to make it better. He never stopped. He took joy in how far we had come. There was a direct line from that horrible Bloody Sunday in Selma to the election of an African American president. Yet he knew we still have a long way to go. No longer do we face separate and unequal public facilities. Our right to vote is clear, even if efforts to suppress it continue. But the final chapter of the civil rights movement - the effort to achieve economic justice - has been frustrated. Today economic inequality is as great
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as it was 60 years ago. We witness the structural racism that ends with African Americans three times more likely than whites to be infected by the pandemic and two times more likely to die. We witness the entrenched discrimination that ends in the police killing of George Floyd and many others. That’s why the movement for Black Lives, the extraordinary, unprecedented outpouring of protests for black lives is so important. John has left us, but millions have picked up the baton that he once carried - focused now on equal justice under the law, and on ending the structural racism that makes racial inequality a pre-existing condition. May John’s example - his courage, his devotion of nonviolence and to a lifetime of making “good trouble” - help inform that struggle as it goes forward. The democracy of 1787, where only white male landowners could vote,
referencing blacks as three-fifths human, without regard for working class whites and women, was very incomplete -- it has no export value in the world today. But the democracy of 1965, where blacks can vote, white women can vote and serve on juries, Latinos and native Americans, 18 year olds, can vote on college campuses, that SELMA democracy is the envy of the world.
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Two Atlanta HBCU’s Will Shift ToMorehouse Digital Learning This Fall and Spelman Go Digital In Fall 2020 By Tina Burnside CNN / www.StyleMagazine.com – Newswire
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orehouse and Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, announced on Monday that students will not be returning to campus for the Fall 2020 semester due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases. “Because of the worsening health crisis, we have reluctantly come to the realization that we can no longer safely sustain a residential campus and in-person instruction. With a sense of great disappointment, I now share with you our decision that all instruction for
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the fall of 2020 at Spelman will be virtual,” Spelman President Mary Schmidt Campbell said in a statement. Both colleges had fully anticipated that they would open campuses for in-person instruction for the fall semester however due to the worsening health crisis in both the city of Atlanta and Fulton County, the colleges changed course, according to a news release. It remains unclear if the schools will reopen their campuses for students for the Spring 2021 semester.
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esla reported its fourth straight profitable quarter Wednesday afternoon, sending its already surging stock 5% higher. Tesla (TSLA) reported a net income of $104 million and operating income of $327 million despite closing its Fremont, California, manufacturing plant for nearly half of the quarter. The continued profits make Tesla eligible to be added to the S&P 500 (SPX). Tesla’s stock price has more than tripled this year, making it the most valuable automaker in the world. Tesla›s deliveries of vehicles dropped 5% in the
quarter, when compared to last year, but far less than the dips of 30% or more that other automakers have reported. Tesla’s operating margin the last 12 months reached nearly 5%, a figure Tesla said it expects to continue to grow. CEO Elon Musk also announced on an earnings call with investors that Tesla would build its next Gigafactory outside Austin, Texas. The facility will be used to build Tesla’s Cybertruck, Semi, as well as the Model 3 and Y for the Eastern part of the US. Austin was selected over Tulsa,
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Oklahoma. Musk said the facility would be built on the Colorado River and have a boardwalk with a hiking and biking trail that would be open to the public. “It’s going to basically be an ecological paradise,” Musk said. Musk also remained confident in Tesla’s autonomous driving software, and said it expected its “full self-driv-
ing” technology would be complete by year’s end. Musk has previously predicted that the company›s vehicles would be capable of autonomous driving by the end of 2019. “It’s almost getting to the point where I can go from my house to work with no interventions,” Musk said.
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oday, Mayor Sylvester Turner extended prayers and condolences to the families of two Houston Public Works employees who passed away last week due to COVID-19. Natarvia Robertson worked in Customer Account Services, and Michael Sanchez worked in Transportation & Drainage Operations. Both individuals were essential employees reporting to work every day to support Houstonians. Her family and extended family will greatly miss Robertson. Sanchez was a husband, father, brother, and son. His family wants Houstonians to know that he had a passion for serving our City. “These two colleagues were essential employees reporting to work every day to support Houstonians and provide basic services that keep Houstonians safe during this pandemic.,” said Carol Haddock, PE, Houston Public Works Director. “We have adjusted how we do business because of the pandemic. However, for around 3,000 of our
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4,000 employees, telecommuting is not an option. It’s just not possible to run a treatment plant from your home office, unclog a storm water drain from your living room or repair a broken water main if you aren’t physically here.” The mayor also thanked all municipal employees and first responders who are working to protect Houston during the pandemic. The virus, which is spreading throughout the community, has taken a toll on the City’s overall workforce. The mayor also issued a statement about the passing of Houston Fire Capt. Leroy Lucio who died from Covid-19 earlier this week. “I ask the City of Houston to join me in praying for Capt. Leroy Lucio’s family. His death leaves a void in the department and in the hearts of the men and women that he mentored and supervised during his 30 year career in the Houston Fire Department. “We are grateful for his service to the city. May he Rest In Peace.”
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“This month, I am asking people to be very intentional and very focused about putting on a mask,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said. “The goal for us is to slow the spread, flatten the curve, and reduce the number of people going to the hospital so that our health delivery system is not overwhelmed.” Mayor Turner thanks Houstonians for wearing masks and encourages everyone to be intentional for several more weeks to help flatten the COVID-19 curve. www.StyleMagazine.com
H.I.S.D. Partners With Rice To Conduct District-Wide Study On Education Equity By www.StyleMagazine.com Newswire
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he Houston Independent School District (HISD) has partnered with Rice University’s Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a program of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research and School of Social Sciences, to conduct a comprehensive study on educational equity across the district. Recognizing its responsibility to continually improve academic achievement for all students, HISD and HERC will examine equitable access to educational programming, resources, supports, facilities and opportunities for students by race/ethnicity, economic status, English- learner status and other factors. “Conducting a districtwide
Dr. Grenita Lathan – H.I.S.D. Interim Superintendent study on educational equity — at this scale — is remarkable, and truly unprecedented in many ways,” HISD Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan said. “We know that for some of our students, simply having equal access to opportunities and resources may not be enough of the support they need to achieve their greatest academic potential. This study will inform critical decision-making relating to equity and closing achievement gaps across the city.” The purpose of the study, known as The Equity Project, is to identify the mechanisms HISD can use to improve equity and ultimately eliminate gaps in educational achievement and attainment. The Equity Project will consist
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director of HERC, associate director of the Kinder Institute and a professor of sociology at Rice. “When HISD asked whether we would partner on this project, we embraced the opportunity to help them identify where the greatest student needs exist and develop a plan for how to address those needs.” The Equity Project is scheduled to be completed by late summer 2021. Learn more online at: www.HoustonISD.org/equityproject
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OXFORD’S COVID-19 VACCINE APPEARS SAFE AND INDUCES STRONG IMMUNE RESPONSES www.ox.ac.uk
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esults from trials involving three different coronavirus vaccines released Monday, all showing positive results, with evidence the vaccines can produce immune responses that would be expected to protect people against infection. They all also appeared to be safe, although it will take studies with more people to show how safe they really are and whether they can prevent infection. Early results of a closely watched Phase 1/2 trial published in The Lancet suggest a coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is safe and induces an immune response. However, researchers stressed more study is needed to know whether the vaccine protects people against the virus. Phase 2 results for one vaccine candidate made by Chinese company CanSino Biologics were also published in the medical journal The Lancet and early results from Phase 1/2 trials of the vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech were released in a pre-print paper that has not yet been peer-reviewed. The Oxford vaccine prompted an antibody response within 28 days and a T-cell response within 14 days, according to the results published Monday. Neutralizing antibodies -- so-called because they can neutralize the virus -- were detected in most participants after one shot, and in all of them after two. That’s good news, researchers said. “The immune system has two ways of finding and attacking pathogens -- antibody and T cell responses. This vaccine is intended to induce both, so it can attack the virus when it’s circulating in the body, as well as attacking infected cells,” University of Oxford pediatrician Dr. Andrew Pollard, the study’s lead author, said in a statement. A Phase 1 study typically studies a small number of people and focuses on whether a vaccine is safe and elicits an immune response. In Phase 2, the clinical study is expanded and the vaccine is given to people who have characteristics -- such as age and physical health -- similar to those for whom the new vaccine is intended, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In Phase 3, the vaccine is given to thousands of people and tested for efficacy and again for safety.
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Phase 2/3 trials of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine are currently underway in the UK, Brazil and South Africa, and later-phase trials are expected to start in the United States in August. There were no serious adverse event related to the vaccine; fatigue and headache were the most commonly reported reactions. Other common side effects included pain at the injection site, muscle ache, malaise, chills, feeling feverish and high temperature. ‘There’s A Long Way To Go’ These Phase 1/2 results were promising, researchers said, but large-scale trials are needed to determine whether the vaccine protects against the coronavirus. “The key elements required to proceed to a Phase 3 trial are all there,” Stephen Evans, a professor of pharmacoepidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the Science Media Center in the UK about the Oxford trial. “The responses measured in the blood and the absence of serious harms indicate there is a possibility of an effective vaccine against Covid-19. It does not yet show that the disease is reduced or prevented, and this will not be easy to show until phase 3 trials have been completed in settings where the SARS Cov-2 virus is circulating at a high rate and people are getting clinical and severe disease.” Oxford vaccine expert Adrian Hill said the team is looking at trying both one and two doses in Phase 3 participants. AstraZeneca says it has secured capacity to produce 2 billion doses of the vaccine. “If possible, there’ll be a vaccine being used by the end of the year,” Hill said. There are 23 Covid-19 vaccines currently in clinical trials globally, according to the World Health Organization. CanSino Vaccine Phase 2 Results Published More Phase 2 results published Monday suggested CanSino Biologics’ vaccine was safe and created an immune response. The trial, conducted in Wuhan, China, in April, involved more than 500 peo-
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ple given high, low or placebo doses of the vaccine, the release said. The trial found that 95% of the participants in the high dosage group and 91% in the low dosage group showed either T-cell or antibody immune responses 28 days after vaccination. In the high dosage group, neutralizing antibody responses were induced in 59% and binding antibody responses in 96%. Binding antibodies attach to a virus but don’t stop it from infecting cells. About half of people who got the low dose developed neutralizing antibodies. Most adverse reactions were mild or moderate. Nine percent of the participants in the high-dose group had severe adverse reactions within 28 days, the most common of which was fever. In a commentary also published in The Lancet, Naor Bar-Zeev and Dr. William J. Moss of the International Vaccine Access Center and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health wrote that the trials were “broadly similar and promising,” and the safety data “reassuring.” But questions remain about how long an immune response will last and how the vaccines will impact older populations, people with particular health conditions that put them at risk, and racial and ethnic groups more severely affected by Covid-19, they said. “When things are urgent, we must proceed cautiously,” they wrote. “The success of COVID-19 vaccines hinges on community trust in vaccine sciences, which requires comprehensive and transparent evaluation of risk and honest communication of potential harms.” More Vaccine Data From Pfizer, BioNTech Also, on Monday, US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech reported their Covid-19 vaccine candidate elicited a “robust” antibody and T-cell immune responses in an early Phase 1/2 study. The data has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal, but was published in a pre-print paper to the online server medRxiv.org on Monday. The findings mirror previous data among US participants in the study, which were announced earlier this month. The German trial included 60 healthy adults ages 18 to 55 who were randomly assigned to receive varying doses of the vaccine. The release also notes that there were some local reactions and mild to moderate adverse events, including some with flu-like symptoms and injection site reactions. All events resolved spontaneously and were managed with simple measures, according to the release. No serious adverse events were reported. A Phase 3 vaccine trial that might involve up to 30,000 healthy participants is expected to begin in late July, if it receives regulatory approval, BioNTech and Pfizer said. www.ox.ac.uk
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GOOD TROUBLE: A Necessary Part Of Life A Tribute To Georgia Congressman – John Robert Lewis and S.C.L.C. President – Rev. C.T. Vivian February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020
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ot everyone has the gull to say something when the unalienable rights of others are threatened. Not everyone dares to do something when the injustices of some prevail in the land of the free. Everyone is not John Lewis. A man who was unafraid to speak up, stand up, march on, carry on, and even sit in until all were seen as equals as defined by the law. Advocating for such acts caused him to get in some trouble but as we came to know through his actions all trouble is not bad. Getting in good trouble is just a necessary part of life. Congressman and Civil Rights Activist passed away this week after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. “I have been in some kind of fight -- for freedom, equality, basic human rights -- for nearly my entire life. I have never faced a fight quite like the one I have now,” he said to CNN after his December 2019 announcement that he had stage 4 cancer.
First Act of Good Trouble Lewis, son of a large family of sharecroppers use to joke that act was standing up to his parents in defense of his prize chickens, after all, they were his first congregation as a new “minister.” After watching Martin Luther King Jr. speak for the first, Lewis made up his mind to follow in King’s footsteps. Little did he know then that he would one day walk side-by-side with him as a leader of the civil rights movement. Growing up Lewis was a good seed following the rules and making good grades. He was the first to graduate high school in his family and went to earn degrees from Fisk University and the American Baptist Theological Seminary. It was while he was finding his footing in life that he attended a retreat in Tennessee at the Highlander Folk School, which ultimately set him on the path to be a fighter for justice. Immediately after attending the gathering, Lewis got engaged in his first act of good trouble joining Nashville students participating in sit-ins to force white only local stores to desegregate. Their tactics work as Nashville changed its policy and desegregate stores, a landmark for a city in the South. Lewis went on to organize bus boycotts and several nonviolent protests to bring justice to others. That victory stirred Lewis’s soul and drafted his life’s philosophy. “My philosophy is very simple,” John Lewis said recently. “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something. Do something. Get in trouble. Good trouble.”
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Necessary Trouble A fire for justice was burning in Lewis’ spirit. It only got bigger after attending nonviolence workshops led by Rev. James Lawson and Rev. Kelly Miller Smith. His next steps in the civil rights movement led him to one of the original 13 Freedom Riders. On his first ride, he traveled to New Orleans to protest the rights of citizens who were made to use segregated interstate bus terminals. Lewis would go on many more trips racking up as many injuries and arrests as he did miles. “We were determined not to let any act of violence keep us from our goal,” Lewis said. And he didn’t. Lewis became the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1963. Under his leadership, Freedom Schools were opened, the Mississippi Freedom Summer was launched, and several voter registration drives were organized during the 1965 Selma voting rights effort. While in the post is when Lewis became associated as one of the “Big Six;” leaders who were organizing the March On Washington. Besides Lewis, the group included Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph, James Farmer, and Roy Wilkins. That would not be Lewis’ only march. He organized and participate in others including the Selma to Montgomery marches across the Edmund Pettus Bridge that he would later march with the first African American President of the United States, Barack Obama. His civil rights activism made way for a life in the political arena. After a fail bid for Congress in 1977, Lewis accepted a position under President Jimmy Carter. From there he went on to serve the people of Atlanta on the city council before he tried another congressional bid. His second attempt to represent Georgia’s 5th congressional district was a success. Lewis would be reelected 16 times. As one of the adamant liberals of the House, Lewis gained the name of being the “conscience of Congress.” His wins for Georgians and Americans alike are too many to recall and undoubtedly filled volumes of history and government books. Lewis’ passing is indeed a sad day in American history for the invaluable impact he made on this nation. In his memory, many have petitioned for the Edmund Pettus Bridge where he was battered and beaten be renamed in his honor.
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Passing on the same day was civil rights legend Rev. C.T. Vivian. He was 95 years old. Vivian’s past reads much like Lewis. He was a Freedom Rider who worked arm-in-arm with Dr. King. He participated in lunch counter sit-in demanding equal treatment for blacks and whites. And he had a background in ministry graduating from the same school of theology as Lewis. Vivian was instrumental in founding the Nashville Christian leadership Conference. Later, he
Rev. C.T. Vivian Recieving The ‘Presidential Medal Of Honor’ became the director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to lead a group to encourage Blacks to register to vote. “We will register to vote because citizens of the United States have the right to do it,” Vivian said of the campaign in Selma, Alabama. A believer in education he formed a college readiness program to help students who protested racism. The program is still in place today under the name of Upward Bound after the US Department of Education used the program as a guide to improve high school and college graduation rates. Vivian also created the Center for Democratic Renewal, formerly the National Anti-Klan Network. “The whole culture had to be renewed if it truly was going to be a democratic one, “Vivian once said.
Both Lewis and Vivian received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, from then President Barak Obama
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n a significant victory for Houstonians with homes damaged during Harvey, Mayor Sylvester Turner today announced that the City of Houston won a temporary injunction to stop the Texas General Land Office and GLO Commissioner George P. Bush from removing over $1.2 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief from the City. The injunction will remain in place until final resolution of the dispute is decided at trial. “We are pleased that the Judge acted quickly to protect Houstonians,” Mayor Sylvester Turner said. “The ruling today stops the GLO from taking actions that would have harmed our city’s most vulnerable populations affected by Harvey, including low income, disabled individuals and people of color, who are protected by the Fair Housing Act through the City’s programs.” The lawsuit arose in connection with funding that was specifically directed to the City of Houston by the United States Housing and Urban Development Department. The City and GLO entered into a contract providing that the City would administer the relief funds to its citizens. Despite the City’s significant progress in managing the program and being on-track to meet the contract’s deadline for the expenditure of the funds, the GLO advised that it planned to take over the funds and eliminate City programs that are helping City residents.
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The GLO proposed to replace only some of the City’s programs with its own. Earlier this month, the City filed a lawsuit in Travis County asking the Court to stop the GLO from taking actions with HUD to give GLO control over the funds. The City presented evidence that GLO’s actions would have resulted in the loss of millions of dollars in housing projects slated to be constructed by the City. The GLO’s new plan for the funds violated the law by disregarding the City’s community-informed and HUD-approved needs-based prioritization of seniors, disabled individuals, and families with children. Instead, the GLO’s program would have spent the money on a first-come, first-serve basis that would risk leaving the neediest people behind once the GLO spent the money. “I am grateful the judge saw through the politics of GLO’s actions and focused on the people of Houston, because they are the true winners in today’s decision,” Mayor Turner said. The Court’s granting of the temporary injunction prevents GLO from taking further actions to try to take away the City’s funding while the case proceeds to resolution at trial. www.HoustonTX.gov www.StyleMagazine.com
U.I.L. Announces 2020 Schedules For Fall High School Sports Tough Choices Were Made During COVID-19 T
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he University Interscholastic League came up with a plan to have fall sports for high schools throughout the state for the upcoming school year. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, most states have had to cancel all fall sports. The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is presenting modifications to the 2020-2021 UIL calendar and updated COVID-19 risk mitigation guidelines, set to take effect August 1, 2020. This announcement comes one day after the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) announced that they were canceling fall sports and would look to play them again with a shortened schedule in Spring 2021. That cancellation has affected in-state universities, Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern. The proposed plan for high school fall sports would be delaying the dates for Class 5A and 6A until September, while Class 4A and below will be able to begin their seasons in August. “Our goal in releasing this plan is to provide a path forward for Texas students and schools,” said UIL executive director Dr. Charles Breithaupt in a press release. “While understanding situations change and there will likely be interruptions that will require flexibility and patience, we are hopeful this plan allows students to participate in the education-based activities they love in a way that prioritizes safety and mitigates risk of COVID-19 spread.” The UIL has also reserved the rights to change these dates if there are any increases in the number of positive coronavirus cases in a district. All Class 4A football and volleyball programs can begin workouts as early as August 3rd while Class 5A and 6A programs will begin after Labor Day. Texas private schools fall sports were also affected by the coronavirus and on last week the Texas Association of Private Schools and Southwest Preparatory Conference announced that their season won’t begin until after Labor Day as well. This decision comes after the
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UIL had allowed school districts to come up with their own set of guidelines based on information given to them by local and state health officials. Most superintendents and athletic directors from around the state worked very hard to put together a plan that would benefit their district while keeping the student-athletes, coaches, and staff safe. The modifications to the 20202021 calendar differ by activity and conference and can be found on the UIL website and in the chart below. These adjustments reflect the public health situation at this time and the varying numbers of COVID-19 cases across different geographic areas of the state. This plan provides a delay for schools in highly-populated metro areas, primarily conferences 5A-6A, given the challenges with COVID-19 those communities are facing, while providing schools in other areas, primarily 1A-4A, an opportunity to start seasons on schedule. Acknowledging the situation is not always clear-cut and that COVID-19 affects every community differently, the plan also allows for local flexibility and encourages districts to plan for possible interruptions in order to complete district seasons. The guidance related to UIL 2020 activities can be found here: www.uiltexas.org/policy/covid-19 www.StyleMagazine.com
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The Prostate Cancer Foundation and Robert F. Smith Announce New Effort To Address Health Disparities for A/A Men Expanded Research Program and Revolutionary, Inexpensive, Non-invasive Test To Assess Genetic Risk Of Prostate Cancer By www.StyleMagazine.com – Newswire
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he Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) and Robert F. Smith, founder, chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners, announce a new effort to reduce deaths from prostate cancer, one of the largest health disparities facing African American men today. “As African American men are at an increased risk for being diagnosed or dying from prostate cancer, understanding their risk profile and applying this knowledge earlier with strategic detection, care, and decisions about cancer risk management is of utmost importance to address health inequity in the U.S.,” said Smith. “This is why I made a personal commitment to help accelerate research, encourage African American men to participate in the study and subsequent testing, and develop new detection strategies that have the power to transform how we diagnose and treat this disease and help save lives.” The research Smith is supporting will lead to the development of the Smith Polygenic Risk Test for Prostate Cancer, a non-invasive, early detection test that will identify a man’s lifetime prostate cancer risk using a combination of more than 250 genetic variants obtained from a single sample of saliva
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or blood. The Smith Test is expected to cost less than $90 USD and will be made available in PCF’s dedicated Veterans Affairs (VA) network of Centers of Excellence, including the Robert Frederick Smith Center of Precision Oncology Excellence at the VA Chicago. The test is part of a larger PCF research initiative to improve the understanding of genetic risk in African American men and transform early detection and imaging strategies, risk management, and clinical-decision making by men at highest lifetime risk of prostate cancer. The research, led by Dr. Chris Haiman, ScD, a genetic epidemiologist at the University of Southern California, and international colleagues is aimed at accelerating the reduction of prostate cancer disparities for African American men by 2030. Prostate cancer affects more than three million men in the U.S., with one in nine men diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime. African American men are disproportionately impacted. They are 76 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer than Caucasian
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men, and are more than twice as likely to die from the disease compared to men of other ethnicities. Earlier, strategic detection is a key step in finding a cure and ending the health disparity faced by men of African descent. “Reducing prostate cancer disparities is at the heart of PCF’s mission to end prostate cancer once and for all. This test will democratize access to genetic testing and machine learning algorithms for prostate cancer risk. It will have a historical impact in public health, racial health justice, and cancer research. We are profoundly grateful to partner with Robert to close the health equity gap and spare more men the hardship of a late-stage prostate cancer diagnosis,” said Dr. Jonathan W. Simons, CEO of PCF. Most genomic studies of prostate cancer have focused on men of European ancestry, and there is a vital need for additional resources to develop and optimize a polygenic risk score in those disproportionately affected. This new Smith-PCF initiative will increase
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Billionaire - Robert F. Smith the representation of African American men in the study and vastly expand the research to allow Dr. Haiman to quadruple the size of his study cohort, a key step to providing worldwide access to the Smith Polygenic Risk Test as soon as possible. About the Prostate Cancer Foundation The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s leading philanthropic organization dedicated to funding life-saving cancer research. Founded in 1993 by Mike Milken, PCF has raised more than $830 million in support of cutting-edge research by more than 2,200 research projects at 220 leading cancer centers in 22 countries around the world. Thanks in part to PCF’s commitment to ending death and suffering from prostate cancer, the death rate is down by 52% and countless more men are alive today as a result. Learn more at: www.pcf.org. www.StyleMagazine.com
Emotionally Preparing Your Children For Back-to-School Season 2020-21 Prepare Your Children To Return With Confidence, Optimism & Excitement By www.StyleMagazine.com – Newswire
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etween sheltering-in-place, online learning and time away from friends, many children will need a little extra support as they head back to school this fall. Consider these tips from the experts at KinderCare to help you emotionally prepare your children to return to school with confidence, optimism and excitement.
Address Your Feelings (and theirs) Children often take cues about how to react from their parents. Think about what it takes for you to feel calm and prepared (or even excited) for the start of a new school year. That could mean talking with your child’s teacher or school about the safety precautions they’re taking so you can feel more at ease, taking a few minutes to establish a morning routine or stepping away from news that makes you anxious. Focus instead on the positive aspects of school, like the opportunity your child
will have to learn, make friends, interact with others and grow into his or her own person. “Children need a sense of belonging, and school provides an important connection point for them,” said Dr. Elanna Yalow, chief academic officer for KinderCare Learning Centers. “Nothing builds a sense of community like personal contact with friends and teachers. That connection is essential in supporting a child’s growth and development.”
Set Expectations About What To Expect Before The First Day Some children may feel ready to go and eager to explore, while others can be more reserved or even fearful of new places, faces and routines. When your child knows what to expect, it can go a long way in soothing any worries he or she may have about leaving home and going to school. It’s also important to respect your child’s growing independence and
empower him or her to help others. As you explain safety precautions like covering the mouth when sneezing or coughing, or proper hand washing, emphasize how your child’s actions can help keep family, friends and teachers safe. “Children may already be apprehensive about returning to school, let alone trying to cope with new safety practices,” said Dr. Joelle Simpson, a pediatric emergency medicine physician and medical director for emergency preparedness at Children’s National Hospital. “Explaining these precautions ahead of time can help your children see them as part of the school day routine instead of something to fear. For parents, remember that while children can get sick from this virus, it occurs less frequently than in adults and at lower rates than the flu.”
Try to plan a special activity or some extra family time the week before school starts and encourage your child to participate in the planning. “Remember, children didn’t have time for a clean break and celebration at the end of the last school year, and this can help your child mentally adjust to a new routine and schedule,” Yalow said. Let your child know how proud you are to see him or her growing up, learning how to be a good friend and exploring and learning about the world. Be sure to talk with your child each school day – what was learned, funny things friends said, the things that seem little but are important to your child. For more tips about how to help your child prepare for the new school year, visit www.kindercare.com
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