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APRIL 26, 2017
Be You among Iota’s 2017 honorees
Mya, Payton and Jayla of Be You Natural Products
Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc., Psi Chapter will hold its Annual Business Month Education and Scholarship Awards Luncheon on Saturday, April 29, 2017, 11:00 a.m. at the Embassy Suites by Hilton, Dallas Market Center, 2727 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX. 75207. This year’s youth honorees are Mya, Payton and Jayla of Be You Natural Products. Be You is a natural product line created by three sister kidpreneurs - Mya, Payton, and Jayla. In 2013 the girls started Outstanding Business making shea body Women of the Year butter to help family Star Williams, CEO/Founder members with their dry skin. The girls loved the results, so they continued making products and ventured on to creating body bars, tea baths, mists and other products. Their jewelry line, Be Inspired – Scent Infused Jewelry, was created when one of the girls was uneasy about a standardized test at school. To help calm her nerves she wore a lavender infused bracelet and whiffed the jewelry as needed throughout the day. The cost for the event is $50.00. Proceeds will benefit the sorority’s 501(c)(3) education and scholarship fund. For information, contact Brenda Jackson-Napier at (214) 6744807. Other honorees are: 2017 Hall of Fame Award Inductee Mr. John Reaves, Smokey John’s Bar-BQue
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Psi Chapter Soror of the Year - Daphne J Hornbuckle
Dorethea N. Hornbuckle Business Entrepreneurs Attorney Vonda Bailey, Law Office of Vonda Bailey Debra Peek-Haynes, CEO, Quorum Commercial Real Estate LaCracha Holley, LaCracha’s Creations Keisha Tucker, Aw-Kina Sew ’N’
Outstanding Soror of the Year Daphne Hornbuckle, Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. Psi Chapter President Outstanding Business Women of the Year Star Williams, CEO/Founder of Power Forward Woman
VOL XVI ISSUE 19
Mr. and Mrs. Hiawatha Williams
From congressional representatives to local city council members, tributes poured in during WILLIAMS CHICKEN Journey to 30 Celebration held Friday, April 21 at the Hyatt Regency Dallas. The nearly 700 supporters included vendors who had been with WILLIAMS CHICKEN since the beginning,
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
along with community and faith Leaders, employees and entrepreneurs. “The Williams Chicken Gala was the perfect picture of resilience, beauty and love, said Taylor Toynes, founder of For Oak Cliff. “I was humbled in a room filled with living legends. Words can’t explain how I felt being in the room with heroes like Mr. Williams who has made the difference for Oak Cliff and the Southern Dallas community,� said Toynes. The evening included a red carpet and
Gospel artist Fred Hammond with Williams Chicken founder Hiawatha Williams
Commissioner John Wiley Price, DeSoto Mayor Curtistene McCowan and Constable Tracey Gulley salute Williams Chicken
reception, silent auction, a gallery museum showcasing Williams Chicken Journey to 30. Guests in the Gallery were serenaded by Cellist Jordan Jones. Multiple award-winning gospel recording artist, Fred Hammond opened the gala with an electrifying performance followed by an elaborate dinner with music by the Cedar Hill High School Jazz Band. During Dinner, the tributes continued with presentations by Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, Joycelyn Johnson for State Senator Royce West, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson, Commissioner John
Wiley Price, and Rickie Rush, Pastor of the Inspiring Body of Christ in Dallas. Hiawatha Williams closed the evening with remarks of gratitude to his family, franchise partners, staff and community - and quickly invited everyone to the dance floor where the celebration continued with live music featuring the band Natural Change. The Williams Chicken 30th Anniversary Benefit Gala Celebration was a fundraiser for the WILLIAMS CHICKEN PARTNERS IN EDUCATION Program, a 501(c)3 benefiting organizations enriching the lives of youth and children in the North Texas community.
Who will be the Democratic nominee for Dallas County District Attorney? Garland voters can decide who is best, Creuzot or Frizell, to unseat current DA Faith Johnson Frizell says she will be fair, Creuzot announces Plan for but tough on crime Conviction Integrity Unit
Community Service Honorees Supporters and family members gather with Judge Elizabeth Davis Frizell. Stephanie Franco, Women Entrepreneur, ReSurrounded by family, sup- she also talked about other source & Educational Community and porters and friends, Judge options for the nonviolent ofJudge Shequitta Kelly, Intercepted & Curls, Elizabeth Davis Frizell recent- fenders. Clippers & Conversations ly announced her decision to She has also presided over
Corporate Achievement Honoree Sherial Zeno, Director of Retail Field Operations for Johnson & Johnson.
Justice for John Wiley Price Dapheny Fain
Williams Chicken celebrates 30 years
Youth Entrepreneur Mya, Payton & Jayla Dean, Be You Natural Products
Youth Community Service Honoree Sakari Spivey
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run as a Democrat for Dallas County District Attorney. Until her departure from the bench, Frizell was the presiding Judge over Criminal District Court 7 in Dallas County, Texas. A practicing criminal lawyer for over 23 years she has been a judge for 16 years. As Judge of Criminal District Court Seven, Judge Frizell made headlines with an innovative program, the STAR Program, to help women who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Stressing the importance of putting criminals behind bars,
all types of felony cases with punishments ranging from five years to 99 years or life. Prior to being elected to District Court, Frizell was elected as Presiding Judge of County Criminal Court 11, a domestic violence court, and appointed by the Dallas City Council to serve as a Judge in the Dallas Municipal Court. In addition to leadership and a passion for public service, Frizell says she brings unparalleled experience in criminal law to the race. Not only does she
See FRIZELL, page 3
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Democratic candicontinue to lead." date for Dallas County Creuzot, a former District Attorney John Dallas County felony Creuzot called the Daldistrict judge, was las County Conviction personally involved Integrity Unit (CIU) a in high-profile exon"vital justice program erations based on that needs more focus post-conviction DNA John Creuzot and resources" and testing. He helped called for several steps Charles Chatman seto expand the program. Found- cure a new DNA test which led ed during the wave of DNA to his exoneration after nearly exonerations in Dallas County, 27 years in prison, one of the the CIU was the nation's first longest known wrongful incarsuch program, and consisted of cerations in Texas history. a small staff of prosecutors asCreuzot pledged the following signed to review cases in which changes for the CIU: individuals claimed they had 1) Expand the staff to a minibeen wrongly convicted. mum of three full-time prosecu"What happened in our county tors, including a full-time invesand state in the last decade is tigator assigned exclusively to proof that the system has trag- the unit and two full-time legal ically failed in some cases," said assistants. Creuzot. "I believe we have the 2) Establish policies and proobligation to do what is right. cedures creating a "culture of Without question there are justice" and the independence still people in prison who were of the unit, making it clear to wrongly convicted, and there the entire District Attorney's are systemic problems that Office that: a) the unit reports continue to lead to false con- only to the District Attorney; b) victions today. We need to put the unit is an integral part of the a new emphasis on the CIU. We office tasked with helping all need to free the innocent and prosecutors focus on doing jusdo more to prevent false con- tice; c) the unit is separate from victions from ever happening. the appellate/writ section so Our county is a national leader on these issues and we must See CREUZOT, page 3