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MY TRUTH

By Cheryl Smith

Who are you, really?

A friend was really distraught rePublisher

cently because after years of working for a major corporation in a position of community engagement and marketing; he is no longer employed.

Now his frustration is not because he is unemployed, instead, it is because he is not receiving the attention, recognition, honors and sometimes celebrity adulation that he has received for years representing XYZ company. Finally he realizes, it wasn’t about him!

This brings me to my truth!

If you are who you are because of who you work for, who you are married to or a position you hold, then one day; you could be disappointed, too.

Unfortunately status is something that appears even easier to lose if it is tied to another. Status is like happiness.

Oh say can YOU see?

You have fumbled an opportunity to intercept a lie and use your privilege to score for justice. As a lifelong fan of the Dallas Cowboys, who once enjoyed season tickets, it’s heartbreaking that you have taken a stand on the wrong sideline of history.

As training camp opened you used your mighty microphone to passionately pronounce that there is no room on the Dallas Cowboys for the right to protest for right during the national anthem.

Your “MASSA Complex� has shown your boys where the “gun line� (check out the movie “Life�) is! And they had better not cross it!

Your quarterback, who went to school in the same state where Emmett Till was lynched, Fannie Lou Hamer was brutally beaten by police, Medgar Evers was assassinated; and remains a place of wicked white supremacy, vicious police misconduct, and a justice system that is criminal, knows his place and has echoed your senti-

Last month, I had the pleasure of engaging with 125 boys ages 12 to 16.

These budding, rambunctious young men

merged on the campus of Paul Quinn College (Dallas, Texas) to participate in “Kappa Kamp� which Cheryl Brown

What makes you happy?

Yolande Cornelia Giovanni, Jr. said, “I like to cook, travel and dream. I’m a writer. I’m happy.�

Have you discovered what makes you happy? Can you be happy alone?

Is being happy tied to someone else, a position, or material things?

I like saying that I am “like a room without a roof. I’m happy.� And sometimes I struggle to keep others from stealing my joy.

Years ago I heard the aforementioned author speaking about being alone. The place she described was so soothing to me. Maybe because I have always loved the writings of the phenomenal Nikki Giovanni, or simply because her words made so much sense.

So often we are on the go that we don’t take that time to be alone with our thoughts, to hear our hearts beat or the sound we make when we inhale and exhale.

See MY TRUTH, page 6

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An open letter to Cowboys Owner Jerry Jones

By Dr. Felicia Shepherd La’Wonda Peoples

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ment and committed a terrible turnover for freedom.

ally take a stand for what the flag symbolizes, “liberty and

Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III Oh say, did he see white Mississippi police officer Daniel Starks tasing a handcuffed Black man for no reason?

I held out hope that given your track record as a game-changing maverick and successful businessman that you would use your privileged platform to actu-

justice for all.�

You have been fiercely independent as an NFL owner but you allowed 46-1 to punk you and the NFL while he was pledging allegiance to Vladimir Putin and Russia.

Oh say can you see? Your friend in the White House has emboldened racists, put

a white supremacist (whose policies reinforce the racial injustice Colin Kaepernick was taking a knee for) over the justice department and signaled to police that brutality is ok.

I guess that’s why you reaffirmed your partnership with Papa John’s Pizza while saying nothing to denounce the ugly bigotry dripping from the lips of the former owner?

Colin Kaepernick took a knee during his last season as a quarterback for the 49ers because he was sick and tired of Black sisters and brothers dying, mothers crying and police departments lying.

In the tradition of Paul Robeson, Althea Gibson, Wilma Rudolph, Muhammad Ali, John Carlos and Tommie Smith, Curt Flood, Serena Williams, LeBron James and others; he used his platform to raise consciousness and speak truth to power on behalf of the powerless who have no platform.

Oh say can you see?

As owner of America’s

team that is comprised of almost 80% African Americans did you know that “This is America� for them: Police violence and homicide persistently and disproportionately terrorize Black communities. A new study reveals the proportion of black bodies in America killed by police is significantly higher than previous research suggested.

Across the country, Black men are over three times more likely to be killed by police than white men, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health. In an analysis of all male homicides between 2012 and 2018, 8 percent occurred at the hands of police, who serve and protect YOU, researchers found.

Of nearly 6,300 reported deaths during the six-year count, almost 1,800 were black. “This is America.�

Oh say can you see, Jerry?

Police killings are highest among Black men across the United States.

Lead author Frank Ed-

ically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and three Predominately White Institutions (PWIs) in attendance. Recruiters, typically alumni of the institutions,

and oftentimes would not have access to a college fair.

Because of Kappa Kamp, they had the opportunity to engage with colleges and learn about the various majors to possibly pursue.

Going back to the business plan. The teams created a plan to market their product. They researched, wrote, organized, and designed the ultimate business plan. Now it was time to put it into action. The business plan pitch competition is the platform where each team’s product is revealed and explained in front of judges. The goal for every team is to have the extrinsic reward of winning the business pitch competition and prize. They argued, debated, compromised, and finally agreed in order

See Dr. Haynes, page 3

Can our boys be saved?

is sponsored through the Guideright Foundation of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc..

This is not your typical camp where all the boys do all day is run and play.

During the two weeks they are on campus, they are learning how to create business plans and then

create a business pitch based off their team’s business plan.

Yes, team. The boys are grouped into team names associated with Kappa Alpha Psi (i.e. Team Indiana, Yo, Krimson, Kreme, etc).

In addition to learning how to be entrepreneurs, Kappa Kamp dives into the world of STEM. Kampers went on field trips to Microsoft, Siemens Corporation, and Toyota, to name a few, to learn more about science and technology.

We cannot forget culture.

The boys experienced going to various museums in the Dallas/Fort Worth area along with hearing musical performances of the Dallas Symphony.

There was an on-site college fair, with 17 Histor-

poured knowledge of their beloved alma maters into these young men. Kampers come from many cities across the United States

See OUR BOYS, page 7

The Black Press challenges Fake News at Annual Conference

By Lauren Poteat NNPA Newswire Washington Corresponden

As Donald Trump’s persistent “fake news� rhetoric continues to fester in the media, Black publishers across the nation, recently took charge of the conversation, giving way to a special forum entitled “Black Press vs. Fake News.�

The forum took place during the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) annual convention. Dorothy Leavell, the chairman of NNPA and publisher of the Chicago Crusader, the Gary Crusad-

er and the Chicago Reader, moderated the dialogue about misinformation in mainstream media. “What do we do in this age of fake news?� Leavell said. “Our struggles and our truths have been at the forefront of battling fake news throughout history.�

Leavell continued: “In 1827, we battled the lie that we were nothing more than three-fifths of a human, spearheaded by the Freedom’s Journal, the nation’s first Black-owned and operated newspaper, which stepped in and showed us different. In

1895, activist Ida B. Wells, who established the ‘Memphis Free Speech’ refuted the fake news of her day— concerning the mythical rape of a White woman.�

Leavell said that, throughout history, Black people have been victimized by the proliferation of fake news and misinformation, including some of our most profound Black leaders like Marcus Garvey, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leaders of the Black Panther Party and even today’s Black Lives Matter. “All these obstacles are nothing new to us,� Leavell

said. “So, while Donald Trump has been credited for popularizing the term ‘fake news,’ we know this, too, is ‘fake news.’�

Joining in on the dialogue, additional speakers included Sarah Glover, the president of the National Association of Black Journalists; Deborah Gray-Young, the managing partner of D. Gray-Young, Inc. Consulting; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, an economist and sociopolitical commentator; and A. Scott Bolden, the managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office of the globSee Black Press, page 7

August 1

Kids Fest Hosted by AMF Bowling Co. Garland Lanes 1950 Marketplace Dr. Garland 972-613-8100 1pm-5pm

August 7

1993 Barbara Ross-Lee became the first Black Woman to head a Medical School in the U.S.

August 5

1948 Alice Coachman was the 1st Black woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal.

August Women’s EmPower Brunch Hosted by: The Every Heart Project at The Egg & I Restaurants 3328 E. Hebron Parkway Ste. 100, Carrollton. 11am-1pm.

1979 Willie Mays, great baseball hero, who played with the N.Y. Giants and San Francisco Giants was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Tory Lanez Memories Don’t Die Tour at House Of Blues 2200 N. Lamar St. Dallas 7pm

Harry Potter Trivia Night at Lakewood Brewing Company 2302 Executive Dr. Garland 7pm-9pm.

3rd Annual Beauty & Brains Brunch- Ladies Only. Hosted by: Zerlene Rogers Beauty & Brains at The Black Police Association of Greater Dallas 211 Centre St. Dallas at 12pm.

August 2 2013 Jullus Chambers lawyer and civil rights leader, died. DOB 10/6/36

Gladys Knight & The O’Jays at The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory 300 W. Las Colinas Blvd. Irving 7:30pm.

1963 Whitney Houston’s DOB Born in Newark, N.J.

August 10

August 6-13

2014 Racial unrest began in Ferguson, MO. From police shooting death of Michael Brown.

From Nowhere: The Story of the Vaughan Brothers at Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. Dallas 7:30pm-9:30pm.

Avatar for Jesus Youth Gospel Concert Feat: KiKi Sheard at Kings Haven Worship Center 2851 Evans Ave. Ft Worth 6pm-9pm. Also feat: Kizzy Winn, Nick Traylor, #OUTA, Byron Holton & Terrence Harris. Info: 682-970-8702.

August 3 1492 With a Black navigator Pedro Alonso Nino, Columbus sailed to the New World.

August 11-13

Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair at Centennial Hall in Fair Park 1001 Washington St. 8am-2pm. Free Parking.

Registration for all students in DISD or City of Dallas is on site of the Fair Friday. For more info: mayorsbacktoschoolfair.com

Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns Tour at Morton Meyerson Symphony Center 2301 Flora St. Dallas 7:30pm

PVAM the PVNIC Prairie View A & M Univ. Dallas Alumni Chapter Annual Picnic At Mattie Nash-Myrtle Davis Recreation Center 3710 Hampton Rd. Dallas 10am-1:30pm The Farmers Market at Firewheel Town Center 245 Cedar Sage Dr. Garland 9am-4pm. Info: call 214-495-8085.

Lakewood Brewing Co. Sixth Anniversary 2302 Executive Dr. Garland 972-864-2337 12pm-8pm.

Crackin Jokes Catchin Chuckles Comedy Show at Our Glass Tavern and Sports Bar 721 N. Watson Rd. Arlington 7pm-11pm The show Benefits Bald Mama DFW a nonprofit Organization www.Baldmama.org Jim Buie’s Grown & Sexy Yacht Party! At Big Cats 1481 E. Hill Park Rd. Lewisville 7:30pm-11:30pm Majic 94.5 A Cool Summer Night Groove All White Affair at Hilton Hotel Lake Ray Hubbard 2055 Summer Lee Dr. Rockwall. Reception 2pm, Concert 5pm After Party 10pm Info contact Ricky Rose 817-889-3297. Starring Kirk Whalum, Michael Ward, Althea Rene & CeCe Godbolt.

One Minute Play Festival at SMU Meadows School of the Arts Bob Hope Theater at Owen Art Center 601 Bishop Dallas. Dates: 11 8pm, 12 8pm, 13 8pm Tickets www.kitchengogtheater.org

August 11

Rest In Power – Panel Discussion & Trayvon Martin Docuseries Screening at The Texas Theatre 231 W. Jefferson Blvd. Dallas 6:30pm-9:30pm.

1965 A Clash between CA. Highway Patrol and 2 young Blacks set off 6 days of riots in Watts’s area of Los Angles.

August 6 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed into law by Pres. Johnson.

Ella Mai: “Boo’d Up” The Tour at House of Blues Dallas 2200 N. Lamar St 7pm

Viola Davis DOB 1965

Paws in the Pool-ooza Saturday Time TBA Crawford Park Pool 401 Straus Rd. Cedar Hill.

Free Community 2K18 Celebration at St. Luke Community U.M.C. Dallas 5701 E. R.L. Thornton Fwy 10am-2pm ‘All the Way Up’! Back to School Rally Hosted by: Pan African Connection 4466 S. Marsalis Ave. Dallas 2pm. Free School supplies while they last. Call 214-943-8262 for info.

The Market Place In Garland at 105 N. 6th St. 9am-2pm.

Women’s Brunch Host : Lullaby House at Hilton Garden Inn Dallas/Duncanville 800 N. Main St. Duncanville. 11am-1pm benefiting The Lullaby House to provide a safe nurturing home environment for teen moms and their children.

Game NightHosted by YBE & Black Nurses Rock Ft. Worth at FITNZ 360 4312 Live Oak St. Dallas $15. Food & Drinks included. 6pm-10pm.

August 9

Firewheel junior Golf Camp at Firewheel Golf Park 600 W. Campbell Rd. Garland 972-205-2795. 8am-12pm.

1900 (1901) Louis Armstrong (*Satchmo*) jazz musician extraordinatre, born in New Orleans, LA. Often said he was born on July 4th but archive documents prove other wise. Died 7/6/71

Back to School PicnicFree school supplies, Haircuts, Hair Do’s for girls, Hot Dogs, Chips, and more at Fresh Oil Point Ministries 2930 S. Peachtree Rd. Balch Springs 12pm.

Matthew A. Henson was the 1st person to discover the North Pole Born 1866.

August 6-9

August 4

Dallas Margarita Festival at Ferris Wheelers Backyard &BBQ 1950 Market Center Blvd. Dallas 12pm-10pm.

August 8

Laugh Out Loud Sundays at Blends Daiquiri Lounge / Every Sunday 2810 E. Trinity Mills Rd. Ste. # 145, Carrollton 5pm Tickets: Evenbrite.

“Annie Get Your Gun” By Corp at The Plaza Theatre 521 W. State St. Garland. Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun. 2pm.

Women’s Empowerment Host Addia Roblow at 214 W. Davis St. Mesquite Guest speakers are State Rep. Victoria Neave & Personal Development Consultant Linda D. Lee.

FEDD’s (Funky East Dallas Democrats) Monthly with Colin Allred and Dan Wood at Ozona Grill & Bar 4615 Greenville Ave. Dallas 6:30pm-8:30pm

Education Motivation Black 2 School Fair Presented by: Harvey Martin Dream Foundation at Southside on Lamar The Underground 1409 S. Lamar St. Dallas 10am-2pm High School Students 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th grades. Registration Required: EducationMotivation.eventbrite.com

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Youth Summit & Diversity Dialogue at SMU Meadow School of Arts 6101 Bishop Blvd., Dallas 8am-4pm. Open to ages 13-17 Find the app: ebjohnson.house.gov call Dominique Brown Director of District Projects at 214-922-8885.

Add A Little Fancy! At Firewheel Town Center 245 Cedar Sage Dr. Garland 12pm-2pm. 972-495-8085.

“The STATE of the BLACK MAN” Tailored Exclusively for an all-male audience. Hosted by; The Esile’ Agency at El Centro College Performance Hall 801 Main St. Dallas 2pm5pm Free info: www.theesileagency.org

August 7-10 “The Lion King” by Breitling Youth Theater at Plaza Theatre 521 W. State St. Garland. Times and Dates Vary.

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Securing Funding for Flood Control

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

The recent allocation of $367 million of federal money to ensure that residents of North Texas are protected from flooding resulted from years of advocacy by local members of Congress who insisted that our region needed infrastructure improvements to protect residents and businesses from potentially dangerous flooding. The funds, which will be spent by the Army Corps of Engineers, were approved

by Congress early this year.

Improvements in our flood control systems are extremely important to residents of North Texas, to their homes and to their businesses.

The floods that devastated our region in 2015, and the crushing results of Hurricane Harvey in South Texas, demonstrated our vulnerability to extreme weather patterns and events.

The federal monies will allow us to make significant enhancements to the Dallas Floodway, and the Floodway Extension.

They will also give us the opportunity to upgrade and repair the Lewisville dam which is of vital importance to many of those who live and work along portions of the Trinity River.

The dam protects a number of cities, including Dallas. Engineers predict that a breach in the dam during a storm could result in significant flooding in downtown Dallas, as much as fifty feet of water.

Pump stations in Dallas County will either be replaced or enhanced with the funding.

The nearly twenty-three miles of levees on the Trinity will be raised to eight feet, ensuring more protection against rising storm waters.

Members of Congress from North Texas lobbied the administration vigorously for the funding, informing its representatives of the critical needs in our region.

We worked on a bi-partisan basis to secure the funding. Together,

we accomplished something of critical importance to those who elected us.

The funding for North Texas is part of a $5 billion package that will be spent in Texas to enhance flood control projects, make needed infrastructure repairs and restore wholeness to those whose lives and property have been severely damaged or lost.

The North Texas funding represents an incredible opportunity for the city of Dallas and its leadership as they make every effort to protect people and property from catastrophe.

As our infrastructure ages it is important that we pay attention, and when necessary insist upon repairs and enhancements.

We must always protect our citizens, their families, their homes and businesses from harm and danger. It is the prudent and equitable thing to do.

•Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas in the U. S. House of Representatives.

Dr. Diallo receives Rainbow PUSH Coali-

NEW YORK CITY, N.Y./NNPANewsPR/ Dr. Djibril Diallo, President and Chief Executive Officer of African Renaissance and Diaspora Network, Inc. (ARDN) was named the recipient of Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s 2018 International Humanitarian Award. Dr. Diallo received the award on Friday, June 15 from Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., the

founder of Rainbow PUSH, during the 47th Annual Rainbow PUSH International Convention in Chicago, Illinois, in recognition of his steadfast and outstanding global leadership in making humanity’s common home a better place, through his over three decades of service in the United Nations, and his leadership of ARDN’s “Pathway to Solutions”

international initiative.

“It is an honor and privilege to have received the 2018 International Humanitarian Award for my service at the United Nations,” said Dr. Diallo. “This is especially significant as ARDN is now spearheading the ‘Pathway to Solutions,’ which is a special project for the United Nations to popularize the Sustainable Development Goals, and ensure that the vulnerable are uplifted and no one is left behind.”

“Djibril’s tireless and outstanding global leadership continues to make our global village a better place for all,” said Reverend Jackson. “We appreciate his commitment to serve and thus save See Dr. Diallo Award , page 6

Dr. Haynes, continued front page

wards is sadly correct when he interprets, “Police operate completely differently in different places,” he said. “How police operate is often determined by the race of the person they’re interacting with and the racial compositions of the places they work in.”

Oh say can you see?

The vast majority of your players live in this America. Yes, their contracts may have allowed them to move into nicer neighborhoods but their black skin still means they are seen as suspects who pose a threat.

Sadly, your son Stephen, seconded your motion and brazenly declared if you want to be a Dallas Cowboy you will stand for the national anthem.

This is one instance where the blatant hypocrisy of your organization just may exceed your racist insensitivity. On “America’s Team” you can brutally beat your wife, girlfriend, or kids. You can drink and drive, you can take drugs and steroids, but if you peacefully protest, you cannot be a Dallas Cowboy!?

Oh say can you see?

It’s evident, Jerry, that you never had to give Stephen “The Talk” and tell him how to behave in the presence of police officers. Have you Jerry? Ask your Black players about “The Talk.”

Oh say can you see and have you noticed the news accounts where Black people have the police called on them for breathing, going to Starbucks, lounging in the university common area where they are enrolled, selling water as an 8-yearold, eating at the Waffle House and doing community service as a sorority.

The brilliant actor Ving Rhames shared his terrifying experience with racism that resulted in police putting a gun in his face at the front door of his own home in Brentwood, CA because a neighbor called 911 saying that he was breaking into what is his own house.

Have you or Stephen ever had the police called on you because of the color of your skin? Have you or Stephen ever been stopped by the police and worried that you wouldn’t come out of the stop alive?

Oh say can you see, Jerry?

I wish you had the courageous empathy of the gifted Anne Hathaway. She gets it. Hathaway is outraged by the fatal stabbing of

18-year-old Nia Wilson by a white man. The Oscar award-winning actress used her privilege and prestige to dedicate an Instagram post honoring the life of the young Black woman. Wilson and her sister, who survived the attack, were stabbed at the BART MacArthur Station in Oakland, Calif., on July 22.

But Hathaway’s post was more than a passive tribute to Wilson — it was a wake-up call and a courageous critique of those who are oblivious to black pain and hide behind their “white privilege” and fail to take action in the face of violence, injustice and racism.

Describing Wilson’s murder as “unspeakable,” the Ocean’s 8 star acknowledged her own privilege while calling for white people to get off the sidelines of indifference and privilege and step up.

Oh say can you hear her, Jerry?

“White people — including me, including you — must take into the marrow of our privileged bones the truth that ALL black people fear for their lives DAILY in America and have done so for GENERATIONS,” she wrote. “White people DO NOT have equivalence for this fear of violence. Given those givens, we must ask our (white) selves — how ‘decent’ are we really? Not in our intent, but in our actions? In our lack of action?”

She ended the message with the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, as well as #AntiRacist, #NoExcuse, #SayHerName, and #EarnTheRightToSayHerName.

Jerry, she’s a winner. Anne Hathaway is truly free and brave. She is doing what the wisdom writer said in Proverbs 31:8-9: “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.

Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.”

Oh say can you see, Jerry!

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Act Like A Boss QUIT PLAYIN’

By Vincent L. Hall

You act like you don’t want to listen, When I’m talking to you You think you outta do baby, Anything you wanna do You must be crazy baby, You gotta be outta your mind As long as I’m paying’ the bills, I’m paying’ the cost to be the boss -

B.B King

Riley B. King sung that song every time I saw him as a teenager at the Longhorn Ballroom in Dallas. Coincidently, it was his opening song the first time I paid to see him as an adult at Las Vegas’ Caesar’s Palace. And as much as black folk have heard the lyrics, the meaning

and application still gets lost.

Parenthetically, the “Historic� Longhorn Ballroom is about to reopen and one of the first shows will be local musician and artist, R.C. Williams. Do something productive on Facebook; search The “Gritznic,� buy tickets and support this brother. We make erry’body else rich and neglect our own! If you don’t support my nephew, I may stop speaking to you. LOL. B. B. King made a mint with the guitar he named Lucille.

He released more than 50 albums and traveled the world several times. King took Lucille with him to play in more than 100 shows for inmates.

He and Lucille recorded “B.B. King Live in the Cook County Jail,� and its considered his best album.

B.B. and Lucille played to Sing Sing Prison on Ossining New York.

But B.B. would tell you that since he paid for Lucille, she has to do some of what

R.C. and Erykah Badu

he wants her to do. Black folks should follow his lead.

You paying the cost, be the damned boss!

What irritates me is that as Black folk we live this principle in our families but not our economy. We either choose or ignore to enforce that rule past our front doors. And when it comes to paying the cost to be the boss, no one in this country pays like we do. This year African-Americans will spend 1.2 trillion

($1,200,000,000,000.00) in this national economy.

So how is that the Black folks live in a nation that

ranks first in the world, accept being treated like second-class citizens, be educated less than our third world neighbors, earn a fourth less than our white counterparts, be forced to plead the fifth amendment, while claiming to be born with a sixth sense and in search of a seventh Heaven?

Hell naw, I can’t say that again‌Re-read it!

We pay taxes, buy insurance and real estate; and finance it all at higher rates. We consume more than any race of people per capita.

If we were a nation we would be the 15th wealthiest nation in the world. But the average dollar stays in our community less than seven minutes.

As long as the circulation of the black dollar is that weak, we ain’t bossin’, we just flossin’.

We allow everyone to peddle in our community, and

we buy it. We spend money we don’t have on things we don’t need, and barter for the basics. Without us this economy would shrivel up and die.

Yet we own no hospitals, or banks.

By consumption we execute more chickens each year than there are people in the world. But Bo Pilgrim is still king of the yard.

If you don’t support a Black doctor, lawyer, barber or beautician, who do you think does? If we just took over the hair care products and donut shops in Dallas, we could make 10 new millionaires and start 100 new businesses.

Bosses sign the front of the check‌Not the back!!!

Next time you hear B. B. King and Lucille pluck this familiar tune, put your index finger in the air like you do at church and shuffle your way to the closest exit.

You ought to be ashamed to even hum the song.

You play too damn much!!!

Red Carpets can make your business soar Carpet whether it is for your business or whether you have been invited to just walk. Red Carpet Rocks.

By Terry Allen

Almost like clockwork, you can surf through the newspapers, magazines and television channels and find some amazing photos of people, celebrities, and who’s who on the Red Carpet on the day of an event, grand opening and/or show.

The talk is about the events, the clothes the attendees and the feeling of being special on the Red Carpet.

Media and social media tends to eat up the individuals on the Red Carpet and these press opportunities become the most important strategies to grow business, awareness and/or revenue.

Bottom line, it is to your benefit to be on the Red

Here are five tips to ensure your Red Carpet grows your business: 1) Prepare your team and use professionals. While most commentary on the Red Carpet seems random and unforeseeable, you must have the right questions and the right answers in advance of activating the Red Carpet.

Your Aunt “Churchina�

Busybody may not be the right choice for your Red Carpet. Even with all her enthusiasm she may tank the show if she does not mention the right stuff on that carpet.

Especially if she begins to share embarrassing, but cute

family history. I remember a very good friend of mine who stated on the Red Carpet that she had known me for ## years and we slept together – she was right!

I have known her a long time and I was stranded on a lake with her in college studying for an exam. It was

Red Carpet to be active and be on time for activation. Red Carpets usually begin before an event. Ask your team to be early for set-up.

Set a time for your guests to arrive and inform them in advance. Give them potential questions before they arrive like

about five of us. We all slept in the car overnight until help came.

That portion of the story never made it to film. Do not do anyone any favors. Train your Hosts.

2) Set a finite time for the

“What brings you to this event? Where can we find you now? What do you think of the chefs today?�

3) Be ready for delays. A good Red Carpet has a line up – Cameras, Hosts, photographer, pictures and au-

dience. Sometimes there is not a good window of time between you and the guests before you.

Just know you are not being neglected. It is natural for the Carpet to be backed up!

Your grace is personified by your patience!

4) Have a conversation with the host, interviewer BEFORE you go on Cameramake sure they know you.

This is a good time to tell THEM what to ask you.

We love guests who already have talking points relevant to the event and their relationship to the event.

A good example is on the City Men Cook Youtube channel. Check the conversation out with Shelby Smith and Judge Staci Williams.

Everything was on point: Timing-Signage -Conversation and Synergy. She smoothly mentions the FedEx sponsorship with ease and authenticity.

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We Must Support the Black Press and Roland Martin’s New Daily Digital Show Last Word

by Dr. Julianne Malveaux

Kudos to Roland Martin, the pioneering journalist who has taken his departure from TV One and turned it into a digital platform. He’ll be back with a daily program, but he’ll be online instead of traditional media. He has financing from AFSCME, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and he is also hoping for funding from us, the folks who say they miss the program and say they want unfiltered news. From his website, www.rolandmartin.com, you can join his #BringTheFunk support group and help Roland bring the funk!

Roland has had it with the traditional media, and he is right to point out the lack of commentators and hosts on conventional media—the networks and the “key� cable outlets. Many of those folks

have to toe the line, and can’t be, but so “controversial.� But sometimes one person’s controversy is another person’s truth. The corporate media squirms when journalists call out our 45th president on his many lies, because some of them are still currying favor with him. And unless light shines on the filth that is occurring in Washington, it will continue. Forty-five said he would “drain the swamp,� but he has become one of the world’s great alligators, profiting from his presidency both through ties to China (even as he imposes tariffs), through his many name-branded hotels, and through all kinds of other shady deals.

Dorothy Leavell, the publisher of the Crusader newspapers in Chicago and Gary, Ind., is the chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). At the organization’s June conference, she convened a panel that focused on fake news and the Black Press. I was privileged to participate with the National Association of Black

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People’s Campaign been so underreported, and why was the June 12 shackling of faith leaders outside Supreme Court wholly ignored by the mainstream (and even the sidestream) media? Why has there been so little focus on

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unreported or distorted. For example, how come every time a White person shoots up a classroom, movie theatre, or public space, the focus is on their “mental illness,� while whenever a Black person commits a crime, of any sort, the focus is on criminality. Why has Rev. Barber’s Poor

the economic status of African American people, except when “45� crows about all the improvements he has (not) made on the economy.

Just the other day, I was commiserating with someone about the ways the mainstream media ignores the African American com-

munity. The brother I was talking to said, “this is why I miss Roland.� So, Roland is coming back roaring, lifting up the oft-quoted 1827 line from Freedom’s Journal, the nation’s first Black newspaper, “We wish to plead our own cause. Too long have others spoken for us.�

Roland Martin and the NNPA have made the case that if we want our story told, we have to support it.

It is a shame that the Black Press is so poorly embraced.

NNPA newspapers need ads, and they also need subscriptions, but while many of us talk a good game, we don’t sustain Black-owned media enough to help it thrive. So, they go seeking ads to survive, perhaps compromising integrity while doing so. The Black Press, those who plead our cause, must not feel that they have to buck-dance to the whim of advertisers.

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One Prayer vs. One Vote Speaking truth to power By Miles Jaye In “The Accountant,” a 2016 Ben Affleck film, Ben’s dad offers his boys this advice regarding bullies, “You think if you don’t fight back, then maybe they’ll like you… stop picking on you, calling you freak? Now, here’s what it is… they don’t like you, they don’t dislike you—they’re afraid of you… you’re different. Sooner or later, different scares people.”

He goes on to challenge them, “Victim or not, make a decision.”

My previous entry, “For Whom Shall I Pray?” generated a bit of controversy surrounding the notion of praying for such a divisive President. In this postObama, post-racial, climate, race continues to be a hotbed issue in America, and to say the current President has done more than his part to exacerbate the issue of race, would be a gross understatement.

The core issue-- we’re different. “It’s not that we’re not liked or disliked, they (whoever “they” are) fear us because we’re different.”

The question is, will we allow ourselves to be victims of tyranny (cruel and oppressive government, power or policy)?

We must make a decision. If we

choose to fight back, what is our strategy and what’s in our arsenal?

David used a slingshot and a stone in his stand against Goliath.

Long before the Emancipation Proclamation, prayer was the weapon of choice of the Black community and long before the Voting Rights Act of 1965, prayer was the weapon of choice. Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, the weapon of choice-prayer. Without prayer, a protest march would have just been a walk down the road. Without prayer, a sitin would have just been sitting in. The transformational power was not in the act of Civil Disobedience, but in the power of prayer. Martin and Malcolm both prayed.

Today, I hear rumblings of, “get off your knees and vote, as though prayer is a passive gesture of the weak and powerless-- a waste of time. Nothing could be further from the truth. James 5:16 says, “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” A mother knows the importance of instructing her young son on proper street etiquette to avoid harm at the hands of law enforcement officials, but don’t think for a moment that she’s not praying for his safety.

A mother knows it’s not one or the other.

The Democratic process is corrupted by voter fraud, registration fraud,

election fraud and now by cyberattacks from foreign governments. The current President won the 2016 election with a deficit of 3 million popular votes. George W’s second term victory relied on questionable Supreme Court intervention, yet I’ve never heard of Prayer Fraud and a prayer can’t be hacked. Prayer does not require registration, Prayer Rights laws or party affiliation. Prayer does not require a Concealed Weapon Permit.

Kneeling has power! Kneeling power may be why the sight of NFL players on their knees was so frightening to some.

Prayer is intimidating! In a nation where spirituality has always played a role, it’s ironic that we’ve moved to end school prayer and remove all signs and symbols of religion, including holidays such as Christmas and Hanukkah, from government buildings, yet we still use the Bible for oaths and inaugurations.

“One nation under God” remains in the Pledge of Allegiance, “In God We Trust” remains on our currency, and our Justice System is still predicated on Mosaic Law. God, religion, spirituality and prayer have always played a major role in America culture and tradition.

Thomas Jefferson and the framers of the Constitution made no mention of Separation of Church and State in

the original draft of the Constitution, that didn’t come until the First Amendment which stated, “Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”

Freedom from religious persecution was a major factor in founding of America.

The spirituality of the African in America took quite a different course than that of the European as Africans did not immigrate to America to escape religious persecution.

African spirituality was ripped apart from its native languages and traditional practices, but it survived in new contexts and settings. Over centuries it adapted and transformed into what we recognize as modern religion and its various denominations, flawed and imperfect, as they may be, but still potent and relevant. All faiths agree “Prayer changes things.”

So, by all means, and by any means necessary, vote, and not just in Presidential elections, but School Board and City Council and Judges and Sheriffs. Take your children with you when you vote so they can witness the process of government.

Your vote in the upcoming mid-term elections is crucial. Just remember, if we don’t stay on our knees, we don’t have a prayer!

A Small Gift can leave lasting legacy when you invest in HBCUs

By Dr. Harry l Williams

Earlier this year, a man named Jack Weldon Patrick passed away in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. A longtime lawyer, Patrick was remembered as a family man, an advocate for social justice, and a respected community leader.

One day a check arrived by mail for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) in memory of Jack Weldon Patrick. A few days later, another one arrived, and a few weeks later, another check. Individual donations kept coming to support the work of TMCF and our publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in honor of Jack. His obituary read, “in lieu of flowers the family suggests memorial donations in Jack’s name to causes he cared

deeply about.” One of those causes was TMCF. So many of us outside of TMCF headquarters and Menomonee may have never known Jack as a stalwart of access and opportunity for students attending Black colleges. Many of us aren’t even aware that Jack was part of the reason why in 2016, private giving and contracts earned

by HBCUs increased for a second straight year, posting a four-year high of $320 million. But we do know he was a living embodiment of the famous quote by Nelson Henderson: “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

While philanthropic anonymity is honorable, philanthropic leadership helps organizations like TMCF reach new supporters, encouraging new donor circles to give. Showcasing the faces and stories of those who give is an important tool in cultivating similar donors, encouraging a culture of

giving around our campuses. This is a critical strategy that grows an organization’s base of support every year.

For non-profit organizations, individual giving is the largest type of charitable gift – four times the amount as the next largest category in 2015, according to Giving USA. Organizations like TMCF thrive due to the generosity of individuals who believe in our work and want to expand our impact, through monthly and annual donations, as well as the legacy gift.

TMCF combines these individuals’ gifts with foundation grants and partnerships with major corporations and government agencies to provide the funds that allow us to transform lives. It takes a philanthropic village to develop young minds, and we are humbled to be good stewards of the resources that our donors and partners entrust to us.

TMCF, its 47 member-schools and the nearly 300,000 students at-

tending them each year, want to play a role in redefining HBCU philanthropy and support. The data on finances and the number of degrees we produce in areas like STEM, education, social sciences and criminal justice already show just how productive HBCUs continue to be in graduating Black students. Seventy percent of our publicly-supported HBCUs attendees who are first-year, first-time college students are eligible for Pell Grants.

In comparison, the national average is only 37 percent for all public schools. By providing this quality education, students transform their lives and prepare to enter economically sustainable careers. Now TMCF wants to illustrate that same culture within our giving networks.

Anyone believing in the power of education to transform lives should invest in HBCUs. This includes alumni See A SMALL GIFT, page 7

Congress Must Stop Family Separation and Pass the Keeping Families Together Act

By Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

Like many Americans, the treatment of children and families at the border has shaken me to my core.

San Diego-based U.S. District Court Judge Dana Sabraw has essentially said to stop defying the courts and reunite these families.

The deadline to reunify parents with children under 5 was July 10th, and the deadline to reunify children five and older is July 26th. The Administration has asked for an extension, saying it would need more time to reconnect parents and children in certain cases. They have requested an extension to the deadline, but the court is still monitoring and it has yet to be granted.

It’s no secret that Donald Trump views immigrants with disdain. He has called Mexicans “rapists” and referred to immigrants as “animals.”

The Trump Administration has embraced nativist dog whistles from day one.

Nowhere is this clearer than in the shameful “zero tolerance” policy pursued by President Trump, which has separated families, locked kids in facilities, and traumatized innocent children.

Families come to this country seeking asylum. They undertake grueling, dangerous journeys in the hope that America will provide safe harbor from the violence that they are fleeing.

Some are escaping domestic abuse, others have come to our shores to save their families from gangs. None expect to have their children ripped from their arms when they finally reach safety.

Two weeks ago, I travelled to McAllen, Brownsville and Los Fresnos, Texas to visit detention centers and see the situation firsthand. I witnessed terrified kids sleeping on cold concrete floors. I saw scared toddlers separated from their families. I heard from mothers unsure if or when they would see their children again. Some parents didn’t even have a phone number to reach their children.

This is not the first time in America’s history that we have separated young children of color from their parents. It happened during the Middle Passage.

It chills me to the bone to know our government would repeat this dark history of jailing children and splitting up families.

Before the abolition of slavery, children of Black slaves were sold by owners at will. This was a constant fear for enslaved families—that their beloved children would be sold away, never to be seen again.

Starting in the 19th century, Native Americans were forced to send their children to government or churchrun boarding schools, known as “Indian Schools.”

There, these children were stripped of their culture, forced to cut their hair and given new names. These schools existed in America until the 1970s.

America also has a long history of

jailing entire families, like the Trump Administration now wants to do with asylum seekers.

Who can forget the devastating internment camps of the 1940s, where people of Japanese ancestry were forced to live during World War II. This policy was such a source of national shame that in 1988, the U.S. government signed legislation formally apologizing and providing restitution to interned Japanese-Americans.

Instead of learning from our painful history, the Trump Administration is repeating the mistakes of our past and inflicting more trauma on families seeking safe harbor from the violence and abuse they left behind.

And now, rather than proposing real solutions, the Trump Administration wants to lock immigrant families up indefinitely.

Let me be clear: jailing children is unacceptable under any circumstances.

Ending the policy of separating families—but forcing kids to live in jail for months on end—is just replacing one form of child abuse with another.

These human rights violations must be addressed immediately.

I have asked UN Secretary-General Anthony Guterres to send observers to report on the conditions at detention facilities and to ensure the thousands of children who have been separated from their parents are reunited.

I’m also asking for the resignation of Department of Homeland Secu-

rity Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Sessions established the inhumane zero-tolerance policy—knowing the trauma and distress it would cause families seeking asylum—and Secretary Nielsen implemented it and lied to the American people. The stunning immorality on display from both of these officials should preclude them from ever serving in public office again.

I am proud of Judge Sabraw’s decision to bar the separation of migrant children from their parents, ordering them to be reunited within 30 days.

Now, we need Congress to pass the Keeping Families Together Act to stop this from happening again and to mandate U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents’ complete child welfare training on an annual basis.

Above all, Congress must get serious about fixing our broken immigration system.

Our immigrant brothers and sisters—and most of all, children— must be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect.

Congresswoman Lee represents the 13th Congressional District of California.

She is a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees, Vice Chair of the Democratic Steering & Policy Committee, Co-Chair of the Pro-Choice Caucus, and a Senior Democratic Whip. Rep. Lee is a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, a former co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and serves as chair of the Democratic Whip Task Force on Poverty. Follow Congresswoman Barbara Lee on Twitter @RepBarbaraLee.

Ask ALMA By Alma Gill

My boss has a big mouth I recently joined a new company that was formed through a merger. My boss ran our department in the old company, and she still has her old title. But, with the merger, many new people have come on board, including me.

She’s older than we are, and she became a manager before there were a lot of women in the company. She has very sharp elbows and a really old school command and control approach, which she clearly picked up from the men she worked with.

Her most noticeable trait is that she deals with everything in front of everyone. Rather than walk over to someone’s desk, she yells orders across our office. She criticizes the junior people who haven’t met her expectations (including our only POC). She gets in arguments with the other executives in meetings.

She also can’t keep a secret. I’ve told her a couple of things in confidence, only to have her repeat one of them, in capital letters, in an all staff e-mail. I was horrified.

She isn’t able to let anyone have a moment. If someone does a good job on something, she congratulates them and then talks about when she did something similar, and usually better. The person then gets overshadowed and their chance to shine is gone.

She seems to be protected because the senior executive who originally brought her on board is still there. She goes to him all the time whenever a dispute comes up.

She has invited me out for dinner, and has tried to get me to confide in her, but I really don’t trust her, especially after the e-mail situation. I’m afraid everything we talk about will get shared the next day. So, what are your suggestions for how I can deal with her?

Signed, Wary At My Desk Dear Wary at My Desk, Pinto beans and rice! I wouldn’t wish this workplace wacko on anyone of my adversaries. Workplace 101: Any boss with sharp elbows and no filters, can’t be trusted. I mean really, what more could you wish for – a punch in the throat? LOL. To say “ keep away” seems to me to be an understatement. So how about until she retires, you’re permanently busy. Need some examples, here you go – you’re taking a class, volunteering, feeding the homeless, giving blood.

You feel me? Once, and I mean once, every four months or so, you can quickly walk for coffee. Another dinner is a definite no-no, meanwhile, just listen, nod and smile. Repeat compliments she likes to share about herself, she’ll like that.

Yes, watch your back, stay two steps ahead and ride it out. You’re smart, that’s why you’re there. You’ve been around long enough to recognize the rules of the game, determine your role and play it. Do your best, be your best, that’s all that’s really required.

Judging from her past jungle fury – I pray it doesn’t happen again, but you and I know better. Stay focused, prepared and on point. If and when she throws you to the wolves, no worries. Contemplate your next move with confidence, conquering in your Louboutins. You’re a spearhead, always ahead of the pack.

Follow Alma Gill on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma.

Dr. Diallo Award, humanity.”

“Djibril’s receipt of this prestigious award is well deserved,” said Ms. Constance B. Newman, the Chair of ARDN’s Board of Directors.

“It is a testament to the vision and force for good that the United Nations has been for the world.”

The African Renaissance and Diaspora Network, Inc. (ARDN), is an internationally operating NGO headquartered in New York, with the status of a United States 501(c)(3) public charity. ARDN’s mission is to accelerate the attainment of the African renaissance by advocating for and supporting United Nations programs, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. To this end, ARDN mobilizes the passion of government, educators, artists, intellectuals, the private sector, civil society and youth, using the power of art, sport and culture as vectors for

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creating a better world. ARDN serves as the Secretariat or the Global Alliance of Mayors and Leaders from Africa and of African Descent. ARDN is chaired by Constance B. Newman, a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, who has formerly served as Assistant Administrator to the United States Agency for International Development and as United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition (RPC) is a multi-racial, multi-issue, progressive, international membership organization fighting for social change, with headquarters in Chicago. RPC was formed in December 1996 by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. through the merging of two organizations he founded earlier, People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH, 1971) and the Rainbow Coalition (1984). RPC works to make the American

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A Way Out of This Out of the darkness, be drawn to the light.

It will warm and comfort you and turn your day from the night.

MY TRUTH, continued from front page For some, being alone, with that silence or their own thoughts, would be enough to drive some stir crazy.

It helps, however, if you know who you are.

When you walk into a room, who or what walks in with you?

Would you suddenly become invisible should the who or what suddenly disappeared from your life? Are you lost without the title?

I submit to you that the more self-actualized happy person is the one who is about more than the position they hold or the awards they received for doing a job. Instead they lived a life not tied to a paycheck, but instead was a passion.

That’s what I saw in La’Wonda Peoples. Sure she worked for American Airlines. She was good at her job, but there was more to her. You didn’t just see her in the “communities” when there was a need to represent what some called the “plantation.”

La’Wonda was in and of the community and it showed.

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Weep if you must but keep moving towards the light.

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two young ladies, who were involved in their churches and surrounding communities before, during and after their employment, don’t have to say anything. We see the void.

Cheryl also served on the D/FW UNCF Council. Her volunteer efforts continue to be extensive and at various levels of leadership. Whether its United States Conference of Mayors, Big Thought, the City of Dallas and the TexPREP science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program, Friends of Fair Park, and others, Cheryl has been very effective.

Both she and La’Wonda are also entrepreneurs who are constantly called on for their skills and leadership.

But they have made up for the void in other ways because they are deeply entrenched and continue to give. They weren’t ghosts in our community before and they aren’t today. Who they are is who we know. They aren’t defined by who they work for.

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The same could be said of Cheryl Brown. Yep, that’s the one, from Coca Cola, where she worked for almost 30 years! Just thinking about these two young ladies should make one shake their heads in wonderment and say thanks every time they see them because clearly they had an impact on their employers giving and positioning in the market place. These

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It's been a very bankable series of movies that began in 1996 with the previous five films grossing over $3 billion worldwide!

Part of the worldwide appeal is the action. You don't have to understand any English to enjoy the incredible action stunts in the movie, many of which are performed by Cruise himself.

In Mission: Impossible Fallout Hunt and his MI6 Team (Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames) are in a race against time to keep a terrorist team, called The Apostles, from getting some black market plutonium and exploding two nuclear bombs.

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on each episode that pits

THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW: Wild ‘N Out

citing having DC Young Fly and Justina Valentine of the Nick Cannon produced wildly fun improv comedy show in the Valder Beebe Show studio as Wild N’ Out returns for an 11th Season on MTV. Developed by creator and host Nick Cannon, Nick leads his team against a celebrity-led squad in the popular Wild ‘N Out. You may want to put Wild ‘N Out on your must see TV list. The show is based

create a New World Order.

Angela Bassett is back as Erica Sloan, the head of the C.I.A. and Henry Cavil plays August Walker, one of her top C.I.A. operatives who goes head to head with Cruise in the movie.

Spoiler Alert: we find out that Walker has sold out MI6 and tries to frame Hunt as the bad guy in the movie.

The plot is a bit muddy but this film is all about the action. Even after breaking his ankle shooting a stunt scene Cruise still had the nerve to continue with the movie's action scenes and with his star power, even at age 56, creates a very seamless movie where the action never stops.

The movie is a bit long, 2 hours and 27 minutes, but the time passes quickly with the pulsating action that appears on the big screen for most of the movie.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE FALLover the years; Mike Epps, Kevin Hart, Kat Williams, Mikey Day, Pete Davidson, and DeRay Davis are among those who started as Wild ‘N Out cast members.

VBS: DC Young Fly and Justina Valentine welcome to Dallas, Texas and Valder Beebe Show.

DCF: What Up Dallas?

‘who’s who’ in entertainment.

You’ve got on the roster Kevin Hart, Mike Epps, DeRay Davis to name just a few. Justina tell me about this new season coming up.

JV: Season 11, its epic! This season is going to be high energy, we shot it in Brooklyn. You’ve got Rick Ross and so many others.

VBS: Do you think these celebrities appear on the show because Nick Cannon’s is the place to be seen?

What gets these guests on the show?

DCF: It’s more like the new modern day Def Comedy Jam so everyone wants to be on the show.

two teams, comprised mostly of seasoned vets, against each other in some of the most hilarious, entertaining and sometimes outlandish games seen on TV. Wild ‘N Out has curated one of the most impressive arsenals of comedians and entertainers in the game

JV: I heard everything’s bigger in Texas?

VBS: Yes, everything is bigger in Texas, but we won’t go there…..lol. You guys are here to tell me about Wild N’ Out produced by Nick Cannon. I was looking at your guest list it reads like a

View the complete Nick Cannon Presents Wild N’ Out interview at Valder Beebe Show.com,.

Find more THAT CELEBRITY INTERVIEW; Youtube.com/ valderbeebeshow, 411RadioNetwork.com[Jazz Channel], SoundCloud.com/valderbeebeshow and VBS affiliate broadcasters.

The Black Press, continued from front page al law firm Reed Smith. The panelists challenged Black publishers and their teams to not only report real stories, but to also report them right.

“I’m not so much concerned about what is being said, as I am with what isn’t,” Malveaux said. “We [Black people] can define what news is…For example, ‘45’ is running around bragging about how low the Black unemployment rate is, but if you research the statistics and labor market correctly, you’ll see that a large number of Black people, have actually left the labor market altogether.”

Malveaux continued: “This is the real story that needs to be told and not 45’s ‘fake news.’ This year alone over 150,000 Black women left the labor market, which represent the stories that nobody is telling.”

According to a report by CNBC, nearly 70 percent of all American citizens are con-

cerned about “fake news” being used as a weapon.

What’s more, in a recent report by NBC, “fake news” or just overall lies, were shown to spread faster on social media than the actual truth.

Examining the critical role of Black media, which has long been the beacon of light in the Black community, alongside the new age of technology, Deborah Gray-Young, placed emphasis on millennials and their role in escaping the idea of “fake news.”

“Black media is being dismissed and not being regarded for its true worth,” Gray-Young said. “It’s time we take a page out of Donald Trump’s book and reinvigorate our bases. Then we need to take a step back and reestablish trust, particularly among young people. We’re in a time now, where millennials are asking, ‘What’s the source of true information?’

That source is the Black Press

and we need to do a better job explaining that.”

Gray-Young continued: “And don’t forget about your social media. This is what young people are plugged into. It’s not just about what’s happening in the present moment anymore.

Every time we report something we are participating in the documentation of history, and what comes up in Google searches are items with the highest ratings, which is what the public comes to know to be the whole truth.”

This is why the presence of the Black Press on social media is so pivotal, Gray-Young added.

“Increase your SEO’s, tell your own stories and get plugged in,” Gray-Young said.

Bolden said that in America, right now, “we don’t struggle with the ideals of what is right and what is wrong, but what is the truth.”

Closing out the discussion, Chairman Leavell called on mainstream media and the general public to denounce the idea of “fake news” and its message, while encouraging all Americans to support the Black Press.

“NNPA has served as a vanguard and a honest look into the lives and struggles of Black Americans for over forty years,” Leavell said.

“The Black Press has been around for over 191 years. To say that there is no real news or reporting, just isn’t factual as history shows us different.

Leavell continued: “As members of the Black Press it is our job to be that torch of insight and lead other generations on.”

Lauren Meredith Poteat is a Washington Correspondent for the NNPA Newswire and BlackPressUSA.com. You can follow Lauren on Twitter @ laurenmeredithp.

A Small Gift, continued from page 5 who want to have a tangible way to support their schools.

All people in our networks at work, at church, in our communities, fraternities and sororities, and other circles of activity are worthy of soliciting for support. Age, earnings and personality are not elements for disqualifying those who might be willing to give, or those who have

the capacity to do so.

TMCF member-schools like North Carolina Central University are experiencing record gains in gifts secured from younger donors.

Texas Southern University recently raised more than $1M at its annual Maroon and Gray gala, an event which just in its second year which has cultivated new

supporters for the university and has raised nearly $2M for student scholarships and institutional support.

So today, we honor one man—Jack Weldon Patrick—and his commitment to HBCUs, and we thank his friends and family for their continued investment in the work of TMCF. We hope his example encourages others

to consider impacting people’s lives by supporting our nation’s HBCUs. Harry L. Williams is the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. Before joining TMCF, he spent eight years as president of Delaware State University. Follow him on Twitter at @DrHLWilliams.

OUT is rated PG-13 for some blood and violence and on my "Hollywood Popcorn Scale" I rate the movie a JUMBO.

Our Sons, continued from front page to have a product, plan, and pitch that would give them the bragging rights as Business Pitch Champion!

Being declared team champion of Kappa Kamp is the goal for every kamper.

However, they also received intrinsic rewards as well.

During those two weeks, you witnessed mentorship and friendships developing amongst these young boys and the men of Kappa Alpha Psi. The Kappas come to campus every day and night to spend time with the boys. They played games with them; provided food, engaged in conversations with the boys to learn about their individual personalities, goals in life, and any struggles.

Whether they have fathers in their lives are not, the boys connected with Black men who took time out of their own individual lives to come to campus to mentor these boys.

Another take away the boys did not count on was each other. Whether the struggles were academic, behavior, mental struggles, etc. the boys had each other to talk to along with the Kappas. It is no disrespect to mothers but sometimes a boy needs to speak to another male about certain issues.

In addition to the Kappas pouring into the boys, the additional support staff including the college students serving as Kappa Kamp counselors provided support. Each team had two college team leaders watching over the boys to ensure their safety (very important), engaging with them during team meetings, and helping them with their business plans. Excluding the wonderful peaceful hours the boys were asleep, the male and female counselors were with the boys every hour of the day.

Watching the boys grow attached to the college students during the two weeks reminds us all of the importance of connecting with this generation. Now by the end of the kamp, the college kids have vowed to never have children and were pushing the kampers towards the buses to head home.

Once the dust settled, kamp counselors would say they enjoyed working with the boys and some have stayed connected with them by touching base with their parents to see how they are doing.

The boys continue to speak amongst themselves through the exchanging of cellular numbers and of course social media.

So the question I asked at

the beginning of this, can our boys be saved? Yes! Mentorship is essential in order to rebuild our communities. In order to show our boys how to be young men that will grow into men, we need more men to stand in the gap and pour their love, wisdom, and patience into these young minds who desires the attention from another male who “gets them.”

Mentoring is not easy and yes there are days where you wonder if what you are doing is making a difference.

When I think about the various mentoring programs out there such as the Kappa League, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Girls Inc., etc.

I am sure every mentor has been frustrated at some point. However, when that mentor receives the high school/college graduation, wedding, and/or baby shower invitations in the mail, they know they were valued and appreciated.

So to all the mentors out there, I salute you. In a time where our boys and men are being slaughtered in the streets, it is imperative that we all do our part in encouraging our Black males that they do matter. Each one, teach one.

While we are pouring our love and wisdom into this generation make sure you stress the importance of giving back and serving in the community. Just as they were mentored, the expectations is they will mentor the next generations behind them. For those who are not mentors, I encourage you to take a male or female under your wing. I f we do not, then are children will be lost and we can only blame ourselves. It takes a village to ensure our young boys and girls grow up to be intelligent, articulate, self-assured, entrepreneurs. If we do not start the process who will? So to the men of Kappa Alpha Psi, I salute you for the high level of dedication in providing an outlet where boys can be “boys” in the name that is called Kappa Kamp.

Do not take my word for it, look at the pictures and judge for yourselves. ~Doc Shep Speaks *In memory of William L. Gray Jr. , Kappa Kamp Assistant Director, long time active member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. * Dr. Felicia N. Shepherd Twitter @getfinessed Facebook-facebook.com/fnsconsulting Photos provided from the Kappa Kamp Program Director

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