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Push really has come to shove for Perry Dr. Steve Perry is an advocate for our children. He believes, like the late, great Dr. Napoleon B. Lewis believed, that a teacher has not taught until the child has learned. “‘I tried’ doesn’t cut it,” he says.

The chief CNN contributor on education issues, Dr. Perry is the author of the book, Push Has Come to Shove: Getting our kids the education they deserve--even if it means picking a fight.

During a recent interview, Dr. Perry talked about what makes a good teacher. It was a Sunday morning and he was on his way to pick up students and take them to school for extra instruction when took a break to discuss his passion: educating our youth.

That’s just how serious he is and there are so many others out there who are teaching because they love children and love teaching.

Those are the teachers I adore.

We all should remember a teacher that stood out because that teacher demanded the best.

Sure at the time I might have thought the teacher was heartless and hard, but today, I look back and seem to only remember the ones who challenged me to be

the best I could, or sadly, the complete opposite; the ones who were a joke and even then we could tell they didn’t deserve to be in a classroom.

There are some great educators in the world; people, like Dr. Perry, who are passionate about their work and their students.

They are skilled professionals who work tirelessly to give the best to their students.

Unfortunately, however every teacher is not a good one. We also have many teachers who entered the profession because they needed a job. They don’t like children and they became teachers because current doubledigit employment rates sent them looking for employment.

Dr. Perry has no love for those type of teachers.

When he interviews for teachers, he is looking for ones who buy into a vision that has students going on to college and successful careers.

The founder of Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut, he’s also a columnist for Essence Magazine and he tackles the issues head on--everything from the Teachers Unions and parents, to standardized tests and inadequate

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equipment and supplies.

When he founded Capital Prep, high schools in his district had a graduation rate of 29%. Today, an impressive 100% of Dr. Perry’s graduates go on to fouryear college and universities.

Actor, comedian, author Steve Harvey calls Dr. Perry the “hardest working man in the education biz.”

Parents want their children to go to his school. Good teachers want to work for him.

During the interview process, Dr. Perry even asks prospective applicants what they do in their spare time and how do they feel when 20% of their class fails.

The answers, to those and other questions, help Dr. Perry discern if the teacher will be a good fit for Capital Prep. For him, as should be the case for anyone who wears the wonderful title of “teacher, educator or professor,” excuses are not acceptable. He respects good teachers and has zero tolerance for bad ones.

We need to support our teachers more and we definitely need to pay them more.

Push needs to come to shove for more people. We need folks to join the Parent Teachers Association. We need parents to take interest in their children before the child brings home a failing grade or is about to get kicked out of school. Parents need to meet the teachers and they should know the principal.

Push should have come to shove a long time ago. Current drop-out and truancy rates and school disciplinary problems are totally out of control. Teachers need help.Heck, everybody needs help. Start with Dr. Perry’s book, Push Comes To Shove, and let’s turn this crisis around. It’s that time! Push has come to shove.

Let’s shove our children toward success.

Reprinted from The Dallas Weekly.

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Checking out the Shadow Wives

Six random women from throughout the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, that the world knew nothing about are now stepping out from behind the shadows of fear and exposing their lives in a real way.

According to the producers of the show, “They are not Basketball Wives, Housewives, or, Mob Wives. These are real everyday women coming from behind the shadow of what has them bound, and it is unscripted.”

With three producers networkworking together under Five Star Studios of Texas and starting a little over 10 months ago, The Shadow Wives: Esther Wo m a c k , Te n e s h a D a v i s , Yo l a n d a B a t t l e s , G a l a t h a Williams, Preeya Brookins, and new addition Sparkle Williams,

The Shadow Wives: Esther Womack, Tenesha Davis, Yolanda Battles, Galatha Williams, Preeya Brookins and Sparkle Williams.

have produced and aired six mini-episodes on You Tube, garnering over 8000 views.

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September 1 - December 31 -- I am picking the men I think have serious swagger. These men are intelligent, strong, sharp, fierce, competitive, charismatic, spiritual, hard, caring, handsome, smooth, creative, energetic and so much more!

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Sporting News Editor-in-Chief Garry D. Howard, Fort Worth Star-Telegram Columnist Bob Ray Sanders, Min. Robert Muhammad, NFL Great Emmitt Smith, business mogul Daymond John, noted psychologist Nai’m Akbar, publisher Danny Bakewell Sr., NBA great and business mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson, singer Charlie Wilson, journalist George E. Curry, former NAACP head and U.S. Congressman Kweisi Mfume, rapper, author Chuck D., Coach Doug Williams, businessman Charles O’Neal, comedian David A. Arnold, rapper Kool Moe Dee, businessman Jonathan Rodgers, Sports anchor Stephen A. Smith, basketball great Michael Jordan, Rev. Zan Wesley Holmes Jr., actor Billy Dee Williams, comedian and actor Chris Rock, James Ammons, Nicholas Caldwell, Leon, Morris Day, Will Smith Imessenger

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You might be asking yourself, are they married? No, they are not relationship-wise, however;

they are married to their lives.

They’re single moms, who just want more for themselves and their children.

They wear many hats and have big dreams such as; becoming a make-up artist, or a model, and some just want to come off their 9-5 jobs, and a widower who wants to live again. Yes, these are real women with real issues and real struggles. They are bound by the fear that keeps them in the shadow of stepping out.

These women are touching lives and they are also making a difference within their own lives.

Who are these Shadow Wives?

Well if you want to know more about them, Google them, watch their episodes on You Tube, like them on Facebook, and follow them on Twitter, under Shadow Wives.

Without any consideration or input from anyone, I am choosing the men who through personal experiences or history, I find to have so much going on. Stay tuned - weekdays from 9-11a.m. I think it’s a great list!

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Singer Marvin Gaye, actor Calvin Lockhart, singers Teddy Pendergrass and Nat King Cole, comic/actor Bernie Mac, journalist Lawrence E. Young, entertainer Isaac Hayes, singer Gerald Levert, African activist and publisher Pius Njawe, attorney/media mogul Percy Sutton, Publisher extraordinaire John H. Johnson, atty. Johnnie Cochran, music great Curtis Mayfield, maestro Barry White, orator, writer and statesman Frederick Douglass, humanist Malcolm X, singer Johnnie Taylor, entertainer Lou Rawls, singer Rick James, Coach A.D. Jake Gaither, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Hon. Mickey Leland, entertainer Sammie Davis Jr., the Chief Rocker Frankie Crocker, Tupac Shakur, Hon. Marcus Garvey, Hon. Al Lipscomb

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HOW TO RECEIVE A $100,000 COLLEGE GRANT! If someone told you there was a better way to plan for a student’s college education, would you do it? Yes, of course! But, if you ask parents of college-bound students what their plan is for navigating the college process you’ll usually hear, “We don’t have a plan.”

HOW TO SOLVE THE COLLEGE FUNDING DILEMMA!!! Funding for college comes from three basic sources – the federal government, the institution itself, and the private sector, where there are large sums of capital available for those who have access to the private sources. This is where our primary focus lies.

Also, there are two basic types of funding – gift aid (money that does not have to be repaid), and self-help aid (money that is either worked for or borrowed). Gift aid is commonly in the form of scholarships, grants, endowments, and tuition discounts. Let’s discuss money that does not have to be repaid which are called grants.

What are Grants? Grants are potentially a meaningful source of funds for many kinds of projects and groups, and applying for them can be a source of great hope and excitement. At the same time, few subjects in nonprofit management are surrounded by such dread and mystery.

Instead, grants are donations of money given to charitable (501c3) nonprofit organizations and public agencies in order to meet specific, agreed-upon goals. Grants may come from charitable foundations, corporations, service clubs, or government agencies. They take time to apply for and receive – often up to12 months between application and, if approved, delivery of the money.

Grants are most often given away by “Private Sources” and small, local foundations that care about local citizen efforts. It makes sense to see a grant as a fair deal between colleagues whose interests are similar, but whose resources are different. Private Sources, Foundations and other grant makers are organizations like your nonprofit or school. They have missions and goals just like you do. When a funder awards you a grant, they are doing so because what you plan to do with the money fits in with their own goals, initiatives, and dreams, and often with their founder's stated wishes.

WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE A GRANT CONSULTANT - Hiring a Grant Consultant, who specializes in securing the capital needed for college funding is important if you’re serious about funding your child’s education, in the least expensive way. MCS Grant Consultants, a division of MCS Consultants, will show you how you can obtain a $100,000 grant for the purpose of college funding. For most parents, sending their children to college is one of the five (5) largest expenditures they will ever face in their lives. MCS gives families of all income levels and opportunity to raise the capital to finance their child’s education.

MCS Consultants offers a unique opportunity to parents wanting access to our special Private funding sources. Our Private funding partner’s specialty is raising large sums of money for the purpose of offering grants for college funding and for churches and small businesses who don’t qualify for conventional bank financing.

HOW TO QUALIFY FOR A $100,000 GRANT --The great thing about grants is that you don’t have to pay back the money you received. However, there are administrative costs associated with receiving a grant. Countless hours are spent contacting our capital affiliates and private sources in to obtain a grant. Our grant facilitators also have families and must be compensated for their work.

In order to provide the service of obtaining a $100,000 grant, MCS will only accept up to 100 applicants per calendar quarter. By restricting the amount of applications to 100, this allows our grant facilitators too spend the appropriate time necessary in obtaining the grant.

In order to successfully obtain a $100,000 grant, there is a one-time required payment of $4,000. The time involved for obtaining a $100,000 grant in most cases is six (6) months. In rare occasions the time-frame will be extended to an additional six (6) months. However, if the $100,000 grant is not obtained within 12 months from the date stated in the Memorandum of Understanding, the $4,000 will be immediately returned, in addition to a non-performance fee of 12% interest.

NO STRINGS ATTACHED -- Although this program was designed to assist parents who are not wealthy, and who desperately need help in getting their children through college, there are no strings attached to the $100,000 grant. In other words, if a situation arises where the potential college student for whatever reason decides not to attend college, the $100,000 will still be awarded to the parent(s).

There have been instances in the past where the student decided to pursue a career in the armed forces, or another career objective.

Regardless, the parents or the grant sponsor is still entitled to the $100,000. This is stated in the Memorandum of Understanding. The $100,000 can be used to supplement retirement or for any another purpose the client chooses. There is no other college funding consultant company is the U.S. that has the ability to raise the amount of capital we can raise in a short amount of time. Our Private partners are exactly that “Private.” And their method of raising large sums of capital is proprietary in nature. $ PERFORMANCE GUARANTEE $ MCS makes this guarantee. At the end of the contract period, if MCS Grant Consultants has failed to provide a grant worth $100,000 in cash, MCS will refund 100% of the consultation fee, in addition to another 12% added to the paid fee. You have absolutely nothing to lose and $100,000 to gain by hiring MCS. We work with families that want to protect their assets and secure as much of their money for their senior years.

Get started on securing a $100,000 grant for your child or grandchild’s college education, by CALLING 972 572 0088 to receive an application.

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FAMU’s Homecoming and celebration of BADST’s Temeric 44’s 30th anniversary in Tallahassee

Monday 7am Gospel Grooves 9-11am Cheryl Smith Live!

11am The Yundrae Show 3pm The Watchfuleye with FHjr 4pm DFWspotlight 5pm The Jazz Lounge 9pm RnB and NeoSoul Music Mix

10/08 - BB King, Delbert McClinton, Leon Russell, Monte Montgomery at Verizon 10/10 5th annual Eddye O’Neal Memorial Delta Golf Tournament at Cedar Crest Golf Course.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - North Dallas Suburban Alumnae Chapter in partnership with the North Dallas Suburban Foundation for Life Development and Community Involvement, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, will host its annual charitable benefit “Wingtip & Stiletto Soiree…A Delta Affair” at the InterContinental Dallas Hotel, 15201 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX in the Malachite Grand Ballroom at 7pm.

10/14

Paul Quinn College Alumni Association is having their 20th Annual Alumni Hassell Tanksley Scholarship and Awards Banquet Friday, October 14, 2011, 7:00P.M. at Paul Quinn College, Isabell and Comer Cottrell Student Center Grand Lounge.

Donation: $30.00 All proceeds benefit Paul Quinn College Scholarships for Students. For more information or tickets, you may c o n t a c t A l u m R u b y B a k e r a t 10/22/11 rubyhbaker@aol.com

So You Think You Can Dance at Verizon Center

10/15 Network of Hispanic Communicators DFW 30th Anniversary Celebration at CityPlace Center at 7pm with Pulitzer Prize winner Ruben Vives as the speaker.

10/29 An Evening of Spoken Word with Ruby Dee at the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, 7:30p 11/12/11 - Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, with Keith Sweat and Ginuwine 12/1

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Tuesday 7am Gospel Grooves 9-11am Cheryl Smith Live!

11am The Yundrae Show 1pm The Mid-day X-Change 6pm Chat it Up (Teen Talk) 7-9pm Claudia D. Fowler The Queen of Community Conversation 9pm RnB and NeoSoul Music Mix Wednesday 7am Gospel Grooves 9-11am Cheryl Smith Live!

11am The Yundrae Show 12pm Let's Go Deeper w/Evangelist Jameel Vincent 2pm In The Ladies Room with Lynne Haze 4pm DFWspotlight 6-8pm The Dock Power Hour 8pm SheTalk Sports 9pm RnB and NeoSoul Music Mix Thursday 7am Gospel Grooves 9-11am Cheryl Smith Live!

11am The Yundrae Show 4pm Urban Crusade with Gordon Jackson 8pm The P5 Health, Wealth & Networking Show 9pm RnB and NeoSoul Music Mix

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Anniversary Scholarship Gala HALL OF STATE Fair Park, Dallas Thursday, December 1, 2011 5:30p.m.

featuring 2010/11 Asante Award Honorees: Bob Ray Sanders and Clarice Tinsley

Emcees: Charles O’Neal and Lynne Haze

10/20 Mei H. Miao is coming to Th3rd Thursday Champion's Luncheon on October 20th @12noon at Edison’s Dallas, 1724 Cockerel Ave, Dallas.. Ms. Miao is Vice President Financial Sales Manager with IronStone bank. Mei Miao is a breast cancer survivor and she will be sharing her teetering story of Imessenger

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SOLEDAD O’BRIEN NABJ!Journalist of the Year Honorary Member " Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

DFW/ABJ's 30th Anniversary Scholarship Gala on Thursday, December 1, featuring CNN's Soledad O'Brien. Emcees for the event are Charles O'Neal and Lynne Haze.

Honorees are Bob Ray Sanders and Clarice Tinsley.

Log on to www.dfwabj.org for tickets.

Friday 7am Gospel Grooves 8am Dallas Dialogue w/John Yourse 9-11am Cheryl Smith Live!

11am The Yundrae Show 12-2pm Da Crossover w/T-Spoon and LeftField 2pm Finish Strong with Kim McGrew 4pm DFWspotlight 5pm The Jazz Lounge Saturday 1pm The Paradox with Wordz 5-8pm The Jazz Lounge 8pm Dirty Redd Live and RAW Sunday 9-11am Gospel Grooves 11am RnB and NeoSoul Music Mix 12-4pm Classic Hits 5pm The Jazz Lounge 6pm RnB and NeoSoul Music Mix

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Tatyana Ali returns for another season of TV One’s Love that Girl!

Love That Girl!, TV One’s first original scripted series, returns to TV One for a new season beginning Monday, Oct. 17 at 8 pm ET with back-toback half-hour episodes.

Starring Tatyana Ali as Tyana Jones, a young divorcee who returns home to Southern California for a second chance in life and a career in her father Delroy Jones’ (Phil Morris) real estate business, Love That Girl! was created by Bentley Kyle Evans (Martin, The Jamie Foxx Show) and is co-executive produced by Martin Lawrence.

The whole hilarious Love That Girl! gang is back for more

crazy antics, including Tyana’s brother Latrell ( A l p h o n s o McAuley), the aspiring stand up comic who is crashing at her apartment while ostensibly looking for work; Tyana’s best friend Nefertiti (Kendyl Joi), sassy real estate office assistant Imunique (Bresha Webb); and Tatyana’s neighbors Fabian (Peter Oldring) and Adonis (Mark Adair-Rios).

This 13-episode season of Love That Girl! will feature special guest appearances by a host of stars including Laila Ali, Kim Coles, Jaleel White, Omar G o o d i n g , Ta m i Roman, Valarie Pettiford, Bria M u r p h y, O b b a Babatunde, Candace Parker, Ken L., and Iona Morris.

“We’re delighted to be bringing our viewers a new season of Love That Girl!,” said TV One

Executive Vice President of Original Programming and Production Toni Judkins. “The cast and the premise of the show remain the same, but the producers, along with the cast, have worked hard to make it funnier than ever. We think our audience will Love That Girl even more!”

"I'm so thrilled about the new season of "Love That Girl!," said Tatyana Ali. “The Jones family experiences true to life trials that many people will relate to. We've brought a sizable dose of drama and guest star talent to the show and it's better than ever!"

Nationwide supports UNCF with $10 donations for auto insurance quotes During the 2010 academic year United Negro College Fund (UNCF) schools reported student unpaid debt was over $11 million with the average unmet need to help a student stay in school being $1,700. In many cases, this is the difference between a senior finishing college or going home.

Nationwide Insurance has announced that it will donate $10 to the Dallas/Fort Worth

U N C F ’s C a m p a i g n f o r Emergency Student Aid for every auto insurance quote requested by drivers who visit www.uncfdallas.org or call 972-744-1422, October 1 – 23.

The UNCF created the C a m p a i g n f o r E m e rg e n c y Student Aid to provide emergency scholarships to help UNCF students at risk of being forced to leave college - with priority given to graduating

seniors and other upperclassmen.

“No group of young people is more deserving of support than these UNCF students who have worked hard to pursue a college education,” said Diane Stephenson, Area Development Director of the Dallas/Fort Worth office of the UNCF. “We sincerely appreciate Nationwide’s support in helping us address this critical need for low income students in the state of

Texas.”

Terrance Williams, regional vice president of Nationwide’s Southern and Central Plains Regions, said, “These bright young people desperately need our support. Nationwide is proud to support the UNCF and the Campaign for Emergency Aid.” To t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f Nationwide’s donation program, visit www.uncfdallas.org or call 972-744-1422 for an auto quote.

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Claudia is a Dallas native and graduate of Bishop College with a degree in Accounting. Most recently she was a case manager at the Urban League of Greater Dallas and North Texas.

Claudia has been a community activist for decades. She began her activism career at 17, running phone banks in the 1970s. She also previously served on the Wilmer-Hutchins school board and she co-founded ObamaDallas with Molly Hanchey and Joe Rowe, in 2007.

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