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South Dallas BPW honored by City of Dallas for 63 years of service Garland’s Gwen Daniels is current Club President By Gwendolyn H. Daniels Club President
South Dallas BPW Club aligned the wall to make room in the seating area for Dallas citizens who were attending the morning briefing. Councilman Casey Thomas acknowledged the significance of South Dallas BPW Club and our presence in large numbers, then he began his presentations. Below is one of three official commendations that were presented to South Dallas BPW on November 14, 2017. SPECIAL PRESENTATION
President Gwen Daniels and Dallas City Councilman Casey Thomas
Tuesday, November 14th was a special day for the South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. A total of 29 Club Sisters and Ombudsmen arrived downtown early for breakfast provided on the sixth floor of Dallas City Hall by Councilman Casey Thomas of District 3, prior to the Dallas City Council briefing. The publicly scheduled briefing began promptly at 9:00 AM followed by an invocation from clergy and greetings to all in attendance from Mayor Mike Rawlings. The women and men of
WHEREAS, in October of 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower was President of the United States and Texas Instruments had just developed the first transistor radio! However, the hidden secret was the event taking place in what was called “sunny south Dallas.� WHEREAS, a small group of business and professional women led by founding President Sara J. Holbert first begin meeting in the living room of her home, and now 63 years later, the South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. is still a viable asset in the greater Dallas area. WHEREAS, South Dallas Club
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members have spent over six decades adopting nursing homes, schools and families needing a helping hand throughout the southern Dallas community. The Club has served as a pacesetter group for the South Central District of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Inc. introducing stellar membership recruitment programs such as “Denim and Pearls Meet and
Greet� that has been duplicated throughout the country and hosting outstanding Vocal Arts Programs for Emerging Artists. WHEREAS, South Dallas BPW Club held its first Yuletide Reception in January 1955, it is preparing to host its signature event, the 55th V. Alyce Foster Trailblazer Awards Luncheon in April 2018. During these Luncheons, South Dallas BPW has awarded hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving seniors in the community. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Casey Thomas, II, and on behalf of the Dallas City Council, on November 14, 2017 do hereby extend special recognition to: The South Dallas Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc. Led by its 32nd President, Gwendolyn H. Daniels
For their dedication to improving the quality of life for people in the community and their commitment towards a better Dallas. Casey Thomas, II Councilmember, District 3 Note: For more information on the historic Club, visit its website at: southdallasbpwc. org; Facebook page: southdallas1954; Instagram: SouthDallas1954; or email the club at: southdallas1954@yahoo. com.
Report points to impact of oil and gas leaks on Black and low-income communities
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Fence-line communities: are communities that are next to a company, industrial, or service facility and are directly affected in some way by the facility’s operation (e.g. noise, odor, traffic, and chemical emissions). Most fence-line commuDr. Mark Mitchell nities in the United States National Medical Association are low-income individuals and communities of In a 34-page report, Fumes color who experience sys- Across the Fence-Line: The temic oppression such as Health Impacts of Air Pollution from Oil & Gas Facilenvironmental racism. Fumes Across the Fence-Line
Some would say that these communities are definitely on the other side of the railroad tracks—the area where there are more dirt roads, liquor stores and food deserts—the hood! The National Medical Association, Clean Air Task Force and NAACP co-released a report in November that unfortunately was overlooked during many news cycles although the findings were significant when you consider the number of African Americans impacted.
ities on African American Communities, the results are alarming to say the least. According to the report, the oil and gas industry dumps 9 million tons of methane and toxic pollutants into the air each year. These toxins are not only contributing to the ozone level, but also increased medical and funeral bills. “African Americans are disproportionately exposed,� said Dr. Mark Mitchell of the National Medical Association. “Deaths are increasing, and there are more cases of asthma in children and cancer in adults.�
Oil and gas is big business, especially in Texas, and other states like California. “Just because the oil company brings jobs and other benefits, doesn’t mean it can do it at the expense of my health and well-being� said Charles Zacharie, of Los Angeles. Residents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area should definitely be alarmed, Dr. Mitchell warned. “Dallas is the number one location in the U.S. where African Americans are exposed to these fumes,� he said, adding that it is estimated that African American children are losing about 6000 school days because of illnesses associated with the oil and gas leaks. Until 2015 many of those children found themselves before a judge, with their parents, facing fines and possible detention. Even some parents were fined, or directed to attend after school sessions with their children. This is definitely an area of concern because of the high Texas truancy rates, as well as children born with learning disabilities; although health issues were not a consideration in a U.S. Dept. of Justice report that looked at truancy in Dallas County, instead focusing on “poor school climate and
Number of Asthma Attacks Experienced by African American Children Caused by Ozone Attributable to Oil and Gas by Metropolitan Area
Number of Asthma Attacks per Ozone Season 25–250 251–500 501–1,000 1,001–2,000 2,001–3,000 Source: “Gasping for Breath,� US Census Bureau
> 3,000
TA B L E 2 inadequate ic, and social hazards, � Attributable reads Living within a Half Mile RaTop 10 identification Metropolitan Areasof by African American Health Impacts to Ozone by Natural special caused education needsGas to Pollution teen Fumes Across the Fence-Line. dius of Oil and Gas Facilities. Asthma Attacks School Days sense would sugpregnancy, negative peer influBecause natural gas does not Lost “Common Metropolitan Area (per year) (per year) ence, child abuse or neglect, have an odor, experts say, peo- gest that a pipeline carrying Dallas-Fort Worth (TX, OK) 8,059 5,896 poor academic performance, ple don’t know they are7,499 being a highly flammable substance Atlanta (GA) 5,469 low school attachment, and exposed. Odorless and silent, and a massive polluting inWashington-Baltimore (DC, MD, VA, WV, PA) 7,216 5,269 but deadly. dustrial facility should not be students’New lack of self-esteem. � York-Newark (NY, NJ, CT, PA) 5,235 3,821 The report points out that Afplaced in any residential comThen there are the deaths that Houston (TX) 4,256 3,111 must beChicago considered. African rican Americans are exposed munity, much less an environ(IL, IN, WI) 3,777 2,760 American children to 38 percent more polluted mental community� Memphis (TN, MS, are AR) more 3,674 2,692 justice NJ, DE, MD) 2,887 2,104 likely to Philadelphia die from(PA,asthma than air than Caucasian Ameri– Congressmen Sanford D. Bishop, Jr., John Shreveport-Bossier City (LA) 2,536 1,871Lewis, Hank Johnson Jr., white children (one per 1 mil- cans and they are 75 percent and David Detroit (MI)per 10 million, 2,402 1,751 Scott in a 2015 response more likely to live in fence-line lion versus one to the Saber Trail Pipeline Project National African American Total 100,564 communities than the 137,688 average in Alabama, respectively). Southern Georgia, and Oil and gas leaks are the is- American. Central Florida. sue, a critical one that must be And there are many sympIdentifying the problem was addressed. “The life-threaten- toms associated with different ing burdens placed on com- air pollutants, including nau- important and offering solumunities of color near oil and sea, headaches, asthma attacks tions is equally important, says Dr. Mitchell. “We are congas facilities are the result of and dizziness. systemic oppression perpetuTexas has the dubious dis- cerned about the health of our ated by the traditional energy tinction of having two cites on communities.� The report makes several recindustry, which exposes com- the the list of Top 10 States by See OIL and GAS, page 2 munities to health, econom- African American Population Source: “Gasping for Breath,� US Census Bureau
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Number of Asthma
Attacks per Ozone T A B Season LE 1 More than 1 million African Americans nationally (2.4 percent of the total African American popu251–500 a Half Mile Radius of Oil and Gas Facilities (2010 Census) lation) live within a half mile of oil andor 501–1,000 is anormal to radius have asthma 1,001–2,000 gas facilities (see Table 1). African American Percent of African American cancer. That is not the case 2,001–3,000 r 0IJP 5FYBT BOE $BMJGPSOJB IBWF UIF NPTU Population within a Population in State within said, Dr. Mitchell, “Our com> 3,000 Source: “Gasping for Breath,” US Census Bureau State Half Mile Radius a Half Mile Radius African Americans living within a half mile are suffering. There radius of oilmunities and gas facilities. Texas 337,011 10% ommendations: nia and Colorado with better there is an assumption it are more cases of cancer like r that "OE JO 0LMBIPNB 0IJP BOE 8FTU 7JSHJOJB Ohio 291,733 19% 1. Facilities should not be guidelines and by reducing T A B L E 2 approximately one in five African Americans Top 10 Metropolitan Areas by African American Health Impacts Attributable to Ozone California 103,713 4% located in residential ar- the amount of exposure to cit- caused by Natural Gas Pollution in the states live within the half mile radius of oil and gas facilities. Louisiana 79,810 5% eas izens. Asthma Attacks Lost School Days
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2. Make sure any and all facilities are maintained properly 3. Hire people in the communities to monitor and fix facilities where there are leaks. Dr. Mitchell says Texas can follow the lead of Califor-
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“We have to educate our elected officials and encourage them to support technology that can reduce the amount of exposure and protect our population,” he continued. "We have to educate others and talk about this issue more." Unfortunately in communities that are not as educated,
Metropolitan Area
(per year)
(per year)
Dallas-Fort Worth (TX, OK)
8,059
5,896
Pennsylvania
79,352
5%
Atlanta (GA)
7,499
5,469
Oklahoma
73,303
22%
Washington-Baltimore (DC, MD, VA, WV, PA)
7,216
5,269
New York-Newark (NY, NJ, CT, PA)
5,235
3,821
West Virginia
13,453
17%
Arkansas
10,477
2%
Mississippi
10,448
1%
Illinois
10,227
1%
TOTAL
1,052,680
2%
Houston (TX)
4,256
3,111
Chicago (IL, IN, WI)
3,777
2,760
Memphis (TN, MS, AR)
3,674
2,692
Philadelphia (PA, NJ, DE, MD)
2,887
2,104
Shreveport-Bossier City (LA)
2,536
1,871
Detroit (MI)
2,402
1,751
137,688
100,564
National African American Total Source: “Gasping for Breath,” US Census Bureau
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blood, lymphoma and leukemia." Churches, organizations, businesses, community groups, politicians, healthcare professionals, and friends need to be discussing this issue. These death traps need to be located exposed and dealt with. It's simple, Dr. Mitchell concluded,
Equipment at a gas well.
"If there is a leak underground, you can usually tell because grass does not grow in those areas. But the greatest indicator of where they (oil and gas leaks) are located is the percentage of people of color.” This report is available online at: www.naacp.org/climate-justice-resources/ fumes-acrossthe-fence-line http://catf.us/resources/publications/ les/FumesAcrossTheFenceLine.pdf
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HALL: THE BLESSED POOR? mand� results and stop “begging� for what you want in life. The third is the five techniques of effective visualization that allow you to create the reality of
QUIT PLAYIN’ By Vincent L. Hall
Televangelists and internationally known mega-preachers owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Frederick Eikerenkoetter. If you don’t know, he was one of the modern pioneers of marketing the church and its residuals. From the patented red prayer cloth with pinking-shear crinkles to his philosophy which he calls “Thinkonomics�; Rev. Ike, is anything but poor. Thinkonomics center on four selfhelp principles that on their face don’t sound bad. 1. How to use your mind-power to “unlearn� sickness, and create vibrant and lasting good health. 2. How to harness your power to “com-
your dreams. The last is “Gaining clear, understandable explanations of the Laws of Mind Science and how to use them to eliminate fear, worry, resentment, lack, and other negative conditions and Much More.... Rev. Ike perverted the scriptures by declaring that “The lack of money is the root to all evil.� But he redeemed himself with me when he said; “The best thing that you can do to help the poor is not be one of them.� There are few things worse in America than being poor. We have no regard for them, we despise them and we snobbishly blame
them for their condition. We treat the poor and homeless with less reverence than we do our dogs. Dr. Zan Holmes once remarked
Rev. Ike
from the sacred desk that when Jesus said that the poor would be with you always, he was not condoning poverty, he was prophesying. Plainly put, the poor remain with us because the Blessed do nothing on their behalf. Bill Cosby made some controversial remarks about the poor once. African Americans were more upset that he said it in front of White folks
than for its content. “These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids—$500 for sneakers, for what? And won’t spend $200 for ‘Hooked on Phonics.’ They’re standing on the corner and they can’t speak English.â€? Poor Bill‌Karma is Hell ain’t it? Cosby’s read of the poor left the lion’s share of the burden on the poor. To proffer the plight of the poor without admonishing the social failures that cause poverty is an endorsement of the problem‌it makes the rest of us complicit. The civil rights movement was the Black Middle Class movement. It was designed, detailed and delivered by the “Talented Tenthâ€? and forged by men and women who had peeked into America’s Promised Land. Although the Cosby Show was one of our favorites, Heathcliff Huxtable was as far from the mainstream and reality as you get. Daddy doctor and mommy law-
yer is rare, regardless of race. America prides itself as the “rags to riches� capital of the world, but capitalism requires a caste system of sorts. Trumphood, which by Dr. Freddy Haynes’ estimate is reverse Robinhood, will only increase the size and suffering of America’s poor. After Cosby went off on poor Blacks, he should have castigated those of us who escaped the “projects� and the U.S. Congress which is worthless at best. Poverty and economic depression will grow rapidly under this administration but it can’t all be laid at Trump’s feet. Bill Cosby was partially right, Zan Holmes was theologically right, Jesus is always right, but Rev. Ike said it best, “The best thing that you can do to help the poor is not be one of them.� And if you’re not poor the least that you can do is not blame them. Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist and award-winning journalist.
MALVEAUX: Trump’s bag of tricks - stacking the courts Two people reported to work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on November 27, both expecting to lead the bureau. Leandra English, who had been chief of staff to former Director Richard Cordray (he resigned before Thanksgiving to return to Ohio to run for governor), was appointed to the director position by her old boss. Simultaneously, 45 appointed Mick Mulvaney, head of the Office of Management and Budget, to hold the job. Reportedly, Mulvaney arrived at the office bright and early Monday morning, carrying a bag of donuts. Both Mulvaney and English sent memos to the entire staff asserting their leadership. Mulvaney rolled his sleeves up and got to work at an agency he had previously ridiculed. English headed to court to assert the right to her job. Now, here comes the trick bag. Leandra English found herself in Judge Timothy Kelly’s courtroom. The judge, in the US District Court, was appointed by 45. Is there any coincidence that English did not prevail in her suit? Mulvaney is right when he says that anyone who expected the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to operate the same way under 45 as it
did under President Obama. insurance, and other financial in“Elections have consequence,� he struments. crowed. With that smug bragging, It is the only agency that stands in he illustrates why other relatively (I the gap for consumuse the word advisedly) principled Republicans put up with 45 and his antics. While too many of us are focused on 45’s by Dr. Julianne Malveaux foolish antics, flippant verbal attacks, and downright dangerous international behavior, the “Buffoon-in-Chief� and the Senate are quietly packing the courts. 45 is moving faster than President Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Bush have, with as many as 200 positions already filled. Further, 45 is appointing younger and more conservative jurists than ever before. Kelley, for example, is in his late 40s. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established by the Dodd Frank legislation of 2010, the Congressional reaction ers, the only one that has the ability to the horrible abuses that banks to stand up to banks and force them engaged in to cause the Great Re- to be responsible. cession. It regulates the rules reIn its short existence, tens of millating to mortgages, credit cards, lions of dollars have been returned
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to consumers, and thousands of bad actors have been outed on the CFPB web page. The election of 45 put this agency’s integrity in jeopardy because his election was the triumph of predatory capitalism. While 45 swore he was for the working class, which was campaign mumbo-jumbo. Instead, he always planned to gut the agency that was unpopular with Congressional Republicans, and the preponderance of bankers in his cabinet certainly guarantees the agency’s destruction. But the court’s swift finding against Leandra English reminds us that we can expect to find the tenets of predatory capitalism and consumer exploitation to be upheld by these newly packed courts. Court appointments have generated little attention. On at least one occasion, the American Bar Association has described a nominee as “unqualified�, something that they rarely do.
On another occasion a man who has a law degree but who has never tried a case was nominated as a judge. Really? Less than political patronage, 45 is systematically presiding over a massive ideological shift in our nation. It’s a trick bag, one that many did not anticipate. Consumers who care about the protections we need against big banks and credit card companies need to write their elected representatives and urge them to strengthen the legislation that authorized the CFPB. And, progressive lawyers must pay more attention to these flawed judicial appointments that 45 is making. These are absolutely frightening times, with 45 running amok at the People’s House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He is running amok, and his foolishness is guaranteed to generate commentary and revulsion. But we can’t be so absorbed by the foolishness that we ignore what he is doing with the courts. Julianne Malveaux is an economist, author, and Founder of Economic Education. Her podcast, “It’s Personal with Dr. J� is available on iTunes. Her latest book “Are We Better Off: Race, Obama and public policy is available via amazon.com
Why ending AIDS in Africa matters to Black Americans By Dr. Djibril Diallo Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, UNAIDS A recently launched initiative aimed at ending HIV/AIDS, as a public health crisis in Africa, could be a catalyst to trigger discussions about HIV in the African American and African diaspora communities in the United States. In recent months, several African heads of state have made public their commitment to support the goal of ending AIDS by 2030. In September, six African heads of state joined UNAIDS Executive Director Michel SidibĂŠ at the “HIV Fast Trackâ€? side event organized during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly that was held in New York City and presided over by President Yoweri of Uganda. Earlier in July, during the African Union (AU) Summit, AU Chair, President Alpha Conde of Guinea convened the “AIDS Watch Africa Heads of State and Government Meetingâ€?
where the leaders endorsed the “Catch-Up Plan for West and Central Africa� and declared their commitment to providing the needed policy and resource changes to help achieve the target goals. The Catch-Up Plan is an 18-month initiative that has been developed to accelerate the AIDS response and prevent a resurgence of the HIV epidemic in the 25-country region. Its focus is on testing, knowing one’s HIV status, treatment, and prevention of mother-to-child transmission; the initiative was crafted to complement existing health plans that the countries have been using to address HIV and AIDS. Today, thanks to advancements in medicine and increased access to antiretroviral medications for many people in Africa and around the world, being diagnosed with HIV/ AIDS is no longer a death sentence. In so many cases, with treatment the disease can be managed like a chronic illness and kept under longterm control with medication.
Dr. Djibril Diallo
However, at a time when the global response to HIV is accelerating, millions of people in Western and Central Africa are being left behind. There is a considerable gap when it comes to people knowing their
HIV status, and for those who test positive to receive the necessary treatment. The same can be said for the populations most vulnerable to the disease in the United States, as well. Many of the issues that continue to fuel the HIV/AIDS crisis on the continent are also the root cause for the high infection rates found in African American and Hispanic populations in the U.S.; some of the same barriers including poverty, fear, stigma and discrimination also keep people from seeking to know their HIV status, having access to treatment and properly following up on treatment. On both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, the HIV/AIDS mirror reflects the same faces: the young, the poor, women, high-risk populations, as well as children. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Ga., reported that “African Americans continue to experience the greatest burden of HIV com-
pared to other races and ethnicities.� In 2015, data released earlier this year, the CDC noted that African Americans who represent around 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 40 percent of all people living with HIV/AIDS and nearly 45 percent “of all persons with newly diagnosed infection.� Latinos, who represent around 17 percent of the U.S. population, account for nearly 21 percent of people living with HIV and an estimated 24 percent of all persons with newly diagnosed infection. The Catch-Up Plan for West and Central Africa initiative can serve as the entry point for talking about HIV/AIDs and related health issues in Africa globally and in particular, as it concerns African American and African Diaspora communities in the US. Dr. Djibril Diallo is the UNAIDS Director of the Regional Support Team for West and Central Africa.
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Crispus Attucks to Sgt. La David Johnson: Hero or Stereotype? Crispus Attucks has been immortalized by the nation as being the first American to die for the country’s freedom
Speaking Truth to Power by Dr. Brenda Wall
at the outset of the American Revolution. In what became known as the Boston Massacre, Attucks was killed along with four others by British soldiers, who were in the colonies to protect British interests and maintain control. Even though Attucks’ death and the deaths of the other martyrs became a rallying cry for freedom, there were layers of racialized dynamics, which complicated
the recognition of Attucks as hero from the very beginning. Even with a funeral procession, which is said to have attracted ten thousand, Attucks was surrounded by co nt rove r s y from the time he lay in state at Faneuil Hall to his burial at the Old Granary Burial Ground: Attucks was actually regarded as a villain by many in proper Boston society. In fact, John Adams, who became the nation’s second president, was the lawyer who successfully defended the British soldiers charged with murder for killing Attucks and the four others. While the content of his defense may be unfamiliar
to us, the tone is not. Adams described Attucks as having “mad behavior;” and “whose very looks was enough to terrify any person.” The British soldiers were acquitted. Even in 1770, the pattern of vilifying Africans based on stereotype was a useful and convincing legal strategy. Revisionist history omits the culture of racialized dynamics which made it difficult to accept Attucks as hero and instead present him in terms of African stereotype. Hero or Slave? The cognitive dissonance which made it hard to accept Attucks as hero, because he was African in heritage is the same tension we see surrounding the death of Sgt. La David Johnson. While Johnson’s heroism in
fighting ISIS militants in Niger, is ritualistically expressed as being worthy of honor and his Gold Star family deserving of respect and space for grieving, it still requires deliberate effort to define Green Beret Johnson as a war hero. In community it may well be understood, but there remains a more widespread resistance that clouds his identity as war hero. That discomfort is evident in the turmoil that erupted when his Gold Star widow, Myeshia Johnson, expressed her raw pain, when being driven to Dover Air Force Base to receive his body. Her authentic grief was challenged, analyzed and discredited. Cognitive dissonance. Hero’s wife or Black female.
And the greatest of these... Spiritually Speaking by James A. Washington
The road to spiritual salvation is sometimes so obvious, so apparent that we just miss it. Like most of Jesus’ message, it doesn’t seem possible that by simply changing ones’ outlook, the Kingdom of Heaven is yours. “Teacher, which is greatest commandment of the law?” Jesus replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. “This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is just like it; “Love your neighbor as yourself. All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:3640. It is not always through guile and deceit that the devil works his evil. He can accomplish his goals if he can convince you that what is very important is of little matter and no consequence. This love thing is pretty well documented throughout the Bible and Christ
certainly clarifies its importance in the above passage. Remember this is the Son of God talking. The single most important thing I can do to abide in God’s will is to possess love in my heart for God and my fellow man. Is that it? Yeah. That’s it! If that’s as close to a guarantee as we can get, why are many of us hell bent on doing the things that will insure our place at the table in Hell’s Kitchen? I personally think the concept of loving God is pretty easy to comprehend. Most of us, dare I say, are arguably trying to accomplish this in one way or another. It’s the loving your neighbor as yourself that’s causing the problem. The devil is having a field day with this one. Count how many people you can’t stand at this very moment. Take your shoes off and add to your list those people, who if they died tomorrow, you would be among those who would say ‘good riddance.’
The devil has us so confused and dumbfounded on this issue that we can’t see that the hatred we harbor for others, the contempt we feel for people we don’t even know, masks an underlying reality that won’t allow us to love our neighbor. In actuality, we hate ourselves. You see the devil has tricked us into hating the mirror image of who we really are. Deep down inside we hate in others that which we might become, because we really don’t like what we have become. Hello, somebody! The devil knows man is not perfect, so he entices us into hating the imperfection of others; their flaws and faults, their weaknesses and shortcomings. All the while, being imperfect ourselves. Isn’t it interesting that most people, who claim being saved, tell you they first had to realize that God through Jesus’ sacrifice loved them warts and all? The stories come from former drug addicts, adulterers, petty gossipers, murderers and greedy self-absorbed takers in life, who wished they knew how to have a
healthy respectful loving relationship with another human being. One by one, they, we, line up and confess that once we accepted that God indeed loves us, then and only then, are we able to love ourselves and subsequently love others just like they are; all imperfect, all flawed children of God, all welcomed at his eternal table. At this point, one sees God in every man, every woman and every child, because once you accept that God resides in your own sinful soul, you can see God in others. God knew you before you knew you and he loved you anyway in spite of what He knew you were going to do or become. As incredible as that sounds, it’s true. It’s called love. God’s point is so simple. If He’s got it for you, the least you can do is have it for others. Step back, Satan. I love me and I ain’t got nothing, but love for you too. May God bless and keep you always.
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More than 100 wounded service members enjoyed an airplane ride, VIP treatment, a delicious meal, courtside seats at the Dallas Mavericks versus Denver Nuggets game – and even got to meet a former president - at the 13th Annual Seats for Soldiers, sponsored by the Mavs, American Airlines and Nick & Sam’s. The 13th annual Seats for Soldiers, a one-of-a-kind experience for our nation’s military heroes, honored more than 100 wounded service members from Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio and reserve troops from the Dallas/Fort Worth area. “Our annual Seats for Soldiers game is a reminder that we don’t get to enjoy the game we love without the incredible sacrifices our soldiers make,” said Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. “This game is one small way for the Dallas Mavericks and our season ticket holders to say thank you and acknowledge the bravery of the men and women in uniform.” Mavs season ticket holder Neal Hawks originated the Seats for Soldiers concept. He has been joined over the years by other front-row season ticket holders who have donated their courtside seats, valued at more than $350,000. After the game, the soldiers had the opportunity to meet
Soldiers representing the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex enjoying the Dallas Mavericks' Seats for Soldiers night at the American Airlines Center.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban chats with soldiers during the 13th annual Seats for Soldiers at the Mavs game.
Whether in 1770 or in 2017, the context of white supremacy informs behavior without being fully identified outside the sphere of those who know it and live with it. If Adams saw Attucks as terrifying in his persona; if Trump saw La David as a name remembered or clumsily uttered, and if the nation chooses to take sides instead of recognizing and reducing the racial conflict, we have proof that the nation is no more ready to address a grieving widow’s pain today as it was prepared to bury its first war hero among the other founding patriots. White supremacy remains alive and woefully well. Brenda Wall, author of Black Lives, White Supremacy and the American Fiction One Out of Three
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The two produce irreconcilable tension in our world. We may eventually arrive at the conclusion that African American soldiers can heroically fight for America’s freedom, but there remains the cultural dissonance which makes it hard to honor those of African descent without first confronting the cloud of racial stereotype. We see it in the callousness from the executive office that came first, followed by the disturbing readiness to take sides. The disparaged Representative Frederica Wilson, was an easy target, who became the displaced cultural scapegoat, when Green Beret Johnson and his wife were less accessible. Death threats always seem to surface.
Antonious Cleveland signing a soldier's shirt during Seats for Soldiers Night.
Mavs Dancers and Mavs ManiAACs, as well as players and coaches from both teams. In a surprise to the soldiers, former President George W. Bush and his wife, former First Lady Laura Bush, were in attendance and shook hands and took pictures with the soldiers. Dirk Nowitzki, Maxi Kleber, Harrison Barnes and Dwight Powell with American Air- some of the service men and women at the Dallas Mavericks' Seat for lines provided char- Soldiers event. ter transportation “Giving back to the men between San Antonio and and women who serve our & Sam’s to give them a Dallas/Fort Worth through country is a tremendous much-deserved night of great Fuel Smart, the airline’s team honor for the 120,000 team food and NBA basketball.” member-led fuel conserva- members of American AirAfter arriving at Dallas-Fort tion program that helps pro- lines,” said David Seymour, Worth International Airport, vide flights for injured service American’s senior vice presi- the group was treated to a members, veterans and their dent – Integrated Operations four-course dinner at Nick & families using funds generat- and a veteran of the U.S. Sam’s Park Cities prior to ated through team members’ Army. “American is honored tending the game, all free of everyday actions to save fuel. and humbled by the sacrifice charge to the service memIn addition, American’s pilots these individuals have made bers, and the Nick & Sam’s and flight attendants volun- and it is our privilege to partstaff also volunteered their teered their time. ner with the Mavs and Nick time to host the group.
Dear Alma, I’m going through an extremely difficult time with my son, his girlfriend and her mom. They all live in my house with their two children. The problem is that they live with me at my expense—room and board, electricity, water, cable and gas. The two ladies refuse to get jobs and they stay on the third floor of my house all day, running the air-condition nonstop. My son works, but he has to pay for the car, insurance and cellphones, plus spending money for his girlfriend and her mom. He doesn’t give me a red cent! The girlfriend doesn’t clean or help out at all and her mom caters to her all day, cooking
would be a different story. Your son and his other family are holding you hostage in your own house and using your grandkids as collateral; that’s crazy and you know it. Your son is using you and allowing his “girlfriend” and her mother to mistreat and disrespect you too. How and when did it get to the point that your son has no regard for you, your feelings or well-being? Let’s start with that. You’re a different kinda mother than I am Margie, because I ain’t never gonna be overwhelmingly disrespected in my own house. Seems to me, you’re mad as Methuselah towards the wrong people. This foolishness reclines at the foot of your son; deal with him. You are responsible for teaching him about life and so far, you haven’t done a good
Ask ALMA and taking food up to her. I gotta evict them and their two dogs, but they threaten to take my grandchildren away, which would devastate my son, knowing they would be homeless. We are both caught between a wall and a hard rock. The worse part of this horror is that the girlfriend curses me out constantly with foul language and I haven’t told my other three children to avoid a huge fight, but I am on the verge of calling my kids to help me get them out. I gave them a time frame for leaving, but my son keeps looking for excuses to keep them here. My choices seem to be to wind up living alone and scared or live in this inferno. Please help. Margie Dear Margie, Girl, you ain’t in charge or livin’ large, but your house guest surely are. Your son isn’t married to her and she ain’t kin, demonstrated by the way she acts. If she was respectful, it
job. Simmer down, no worries, you still have time. It’s gonna be hard and it might break your heart for a minute, because your self esteem is shot and you’re afraid to be alone. Girl, please, that’s why the good Lord made books and volunteer programs. Your son will never be the man he needs to be as long as you’re treating him like a child. Unfortunately, he and the other adults in your house have tapped into your weakness and know they don’t have anything to worry about. Why move when you’re perfectly happy living in a comfortable home rent-free? Put on your big girl granny panties and kick them all out. Stop feeding this monster, Margie, and get your house in order. The best and only thing you have available at any time to offer and assist them is prayer. Get them out and get on your knees. Alma
Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post. Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@gmail.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma.
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Guide Dogs for the Blind names “Swish” to celebrate Dirk’s 20th Year By Dorothy J Gentry Sports Editor Photos: Danny Bollinger, Mavs.com
Guide Dogs for the Blind, a free, industry-leading guide dog school that serves the visually impaired, has named its newest puppy-in-training, Swish, after Dallas Maverick star Dirk “Swish” Nowitzki in honor of Dirk’s 20th season with the Maveicks. The eight-week-old guide dog is a male yellow Labrador Retriever who will live with a puppy-raising volunteer for the next year before entering formal guide dog training to become a life-changing partner to an individual who is blind or has low vision. Dirk, also known as The Big German, is a big fan of dogs, and recently met Swish the puppy in person. He spent some time carrying Swish around in his arms to surprise his teammates and get him used to meeting and greeting new people. Fans can follow Swish on Twitter and Instagram @SwishPuppy. Guide Dogs For the Blind Guide Dogs for the Blind, an in-
dustry-leading guide dog school, and its organization of trainers, puppy raisers, donors, and volunteers, prepares highly qualified guide dogs to serve and empower individuals who are blind or have low vision. The organization provides all services free of charge and rely completely on donations from the community, individuals, corporations, etc. They do not receive any government funding. Swish will live with a puppy-raiser for a year. “A primary puppy raiser receives a puppy (that is approximately eight weeks old) and keeps it until it is time to return to campus for formal training,” said Laura Ormsby, a trainer for Guide Dog. “The raiser is a member of a local puppy raising club and receives support throughout the process regarding teaching training, socialization skills, household manners, etc., all of which are needed to help the puppy learn the skills they will need to become a successful guide dog.” In addition to being a primary puppy raiser, Ormsby said, clubs have volunteer opportunities for those people who cannot commit to having a full time puppy in their
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home such as puppy sitters, community ambassadors and club activity support. “One thing that I hear over and over from our puppy raisers is that they became raisers to be a part of something that was bigger than themselves and to give back to others. But along the way the raisers realized that they had changed their own lives in so many ways,” Ormsby said. “When a raiser attends the graduation of a student who has just received a guide dog and the raiser hears the grad's story of what an impact that dog is having on their lives and how that puppy- that the raiser has poured so much of their life and love into- has given them a new way of life and freedom, it changes the raiser
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